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460 today, valiant ‘Mirzais’ ready to lay down their lives, and even the call for prayers is raised from their Mosques. ” Before proceeding further, a heartrending and fascinating aspect of this Adhan (call to prayer) is mentioned. It was published in ‘Al Fazl’ of 28 May 1948, “When some abducted Muslim women, by listening to ‘Adhan’, learnt that there were Muslims present here, they escaped when they found an opportunity and came to us. There were some other women who were brought to us by good natured Sikhs. Similarly, about eighty such Muslims who were forced to change faith came to us. We provided for their food and accommodation and when our trucks came to Qadian, we safely dispatched them to Pakistan. ” Further, the English newspaper ‘Statesman’ published from Delhi in its issue of 17/18 November 1948, wrote; “Qadian is the place of birth of (Hadrat Mirza) Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed to be the Promised Messiah in 1891. Qadian is the Holy place of Lakhs of Muslims who belong to the Ahmadiyya Jama’at. 313 believers of Qadian stayed on in spite of the initial opposition of Government officers and the enmity of the non-Muslim refugees. The reason for that is their unwavering faith on the principles of their Jama’at, their teaching of tolerance for all religions. ” Another Muslim newspaper ‘Tanzeem’ published from