A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian'

by Hadi Ali Chaudhary

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A Critical Review of the Pamphlet, 'Fateh-e-Qadian' — Page 138

138 A critical Review of the Pamphlet—‘f a te h -e-Qadian’ i. In the holy month of Ramadan, the mosque and it’s Imam were dishonoured twice during Friday Prayer and once during the Tar a v ih Prayer. ii. A squabble was created on the occasion of ‘ I dul-Fi t r , when the Imam and nearly 1,000 worshippers were standing ready for Prayers, and the Prayer was stopped. Such disgrace may never have been suffered by even a Christian priest. 3. On pages 11–17 of the August 1990 issue of the same monthly B a z Gasht of Oslo, Norway, some vile allegations were proved against Musht a q Chisht i and he was declared to have committed the following misdeeds: Wrangling, misuse of the pulpit of the mosque, desecration of the mosque, greed, settling his family in Norway, acquiring privileges by demand, hiring employees at his sole discretion, establishing irrelevant institutions to his liking, making false promises, starting up of several courses without having to complete any, misappropriating the accounts, letting his own flat for rent and occupying the mosque residence, devouring the funds collected in the names of God and His Messenger, use of bribery and wangling to settle people in Norway. 4. In its issue no. August 8, 1990, Q a ’id monthly wrote: i. The maulavi continued all kinds of activity, giving people false hope of reward in the Hereafter. ii. Dispossessed the people of their money.