Extreme Lies and Verdicts of Disbelief Against the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 39
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 39 ] Your opposition is a mumbo jumbo of contradictions, foul talk and is nothing else. Views of Maud u di About Muslims in General That leaves Maud u d i Sahib. He is considered to be a ratio- nal man who has a balanced and learned Islamic view in these matters. The general impression is that he has influ- enced many Muslims and is more enlightened and aware of modern knowledge than the other ulema. Even if he is not fully enlightened, at least he is believed to have traces of rationalism. What does he say about establishing relations with others. I have cited some of his reference about his concept of the Muslims in general earlier. He writes: People who have been called ahl-e-Kit a b [people of the Book] were Muslims by descent. They believed in Allah, Angels, Prophet, Book and the Day of Judg- ment. They also followed the commandments for- mally. But the real spirit of Islam—that is, servitude and obedience to Allah purely for His sake, and shirk- ing any partners with Allah—were no longer present in them. ( Siy a s i Kashmakash, part 3, ed. 6, p. 122) This extract shows clearly that according to Maud u d i , the relationship which the ahl-e-Kit a b had with Muslims is exactly the same as the relation that now exists between Muslims and the so-called Jam a ‘at-e-Isl a m i. The next