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459 undisputedly ranked as the brave soldiers of faith. The nation will be proud of them in the future. Even today, when the excellent conduct of ‘Darweshan’ comes to mind, one’s head bows down in honour and respect for them. ” (‘Riyasat’ Magazine, 02 December 1957) Then the organisation of ‘Ahrar’ , which on the basis of their false pride intended to completely wipe out Jama’at Ahmadiyya, published an editorial in their Daily Newspaper ‘Azad’ of 26 May 1948. The editorial was under the caption: ‘The Holy Secession of East Punjab puts to shame the other supervision of Muslim shrines for their cowardly attitude and praises the courage and patience of the Darweshan of Qadian. ’ It said, “Countless Mosques losing their sanctity have been converted into places of worship for non-Muslims, stables and lavatories. The people of East Punjab were after all people. They obviously migrated because they were helpless before the anxiety caused by police, the army and the swarms of people surrounding them. But it is an utterly disgraceful and cowardly act by the Imams of Mosques, attendants and supervisors of Shrines, having lived on funds of religious trusts all their lives, to surrender the Shrines of God to non-believers and run away. Do these contractors of Mosques and places of worship know that drops of regret and repentance slop over the forehead of falsehood itself in their Islam? On the other hand, for the protection of the tomb of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, there are present, even