Fazl-e-Umar — Page 331
Fazle Umar 331 Jama’at were themselves wiped out from the face of the earth. The Community con- tinued to successfully move forward despite the great suffering and severe opposition. The history of Ahmadiyyat bears witness to the fact that no one remembers the erstwhile opponents of Ahmadiyyat. Yet through the blessings of Khilafat, Ahmadi- yyat is flourishing in the world and millions of people devotedly profess the faith of Ahmadiyyat, or the true Islam. Explaining the objectives of the Ahrar, the Munir Report states: “…that their object was to create dissensions among Muslims and to undermine public confidence in the stability of Pakistan, that the agitation [of 1953] was clearly designed to destroy Muslim solidarity by fomenting internecine dissen- sions under the cloak of religion…” (Report of the Court of Inquiry, constituted under Punjab Act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab Disturbances of 1953, printed by the Superintendent, Government printing, Punjab, 1954, p. 148) On p. 259 of the same Report, it is written: “The conduct of the Ahrar calls for the strongest comment and is especially reprehensible—we can use no milder word—for the reason that they debased a religious cause by pressing it into service for a temporal purpose…” (Report of the Court of Inquiry, constituted under Punjab Act II of 1954 to enquire into the Punjab Disturbances of 1953, printed by the Superintendent, Government printing, Punjab, 1954, p. 259). On 19 October 1953 Hadhrat Musleh Mau’ood [ra] opened the Offices of Tehrike Jadeed as well as the Offices of Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya in Rabwah. Bear in mind that these offices were being opened after the bloody disturbances and shame- fully evil instigations in which the opponents of Ahmadiyyat had made every effort to wipe this godly Community off the face of the earth. The opening of these offices was a very effective and beautiful answer to the opposition, enmity and the hail of abuse suffered during these disturbances. Unaffected, the members of this Community would continue their virtuous and beneficent work which God had ordained for them.