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211 leader of the Qadiani sect, Mirza Mahmood Ahmad Sahib appealed for one hundred and fifty volunteers who would go and work among the Malkans for free for three months. It entailed that under the system they would be prepared to work happily, subordinate to whomsoever is appointed as their leader. It is said that within a few weeks of this appeal, applications to work under these conditions were received in excess of four hundred. Three groups constituting of ninety Ahmadis have reached the Agra area and are propagating their beliefs most fervently. Some of them, among whom there are university graduates, have travelled the entire area on foot in fierce heat, carrying their bedding on their shoulders. Their fervour and sense of sacrifice for their religion is commendable. ’ (Ref: Tareekh-e-Ahmadiyyat vol. 5 p. 347-350) Acknowledgement by Aryas of the Tremendous Power of Ahmadiyyat This battle between truth and falsehood made the Aryas fully aware of the tremendous and forceful organisational and propagating power of the Ahmadiyya Community. The newspaper ‘Partaap’ of Lahore wrote: “The problem is that the Hindus are in danger from a community from among their own country-men. The danger is so great that as a result of it, the Arya belief may be obliterated from the face of the earth. This is the danger of organisation and propagation. This task is being carried out by the Muslims with