Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 880
880 AL-ISTIFTA' SUPPLEMENT TO HAQIQATUL-WAḤI published all over the United States my statement that I had sent to Dowie, so much so that they were published in most of the newspapers of the United States. I believe that thousands of newspapers pub- lished my message and its publication reached such a great number that I am unable to count it, and the papers [at my disposal] do not hold the capac- ity for me to provide details. As for the American newspapers that were sent to me and which men- tioned my point of view, my invitation to Dowie for a mubahalah, and my prayer against him in which I sought judgment, I consider it appropriate to mention the names of some of those newspa- pers in the footnote so that the people might come to know that there was nothing hidden or secret about the mubahalah; rather, it was a matter well advertised all over the world-in the east and in the west, in the north and in the south. peo- The reason for such [large-scale] advertisement was that Dowie was like the great kings in renown. In America and Europe there was not even a sin- gle person in the upper and lower classes of soci- ety who did not know him well. In fact, the ple in those countries held him in great honour and revered him as a king. Moreover, he travelled extensively and used mesmerizing speeches to lure people into his trap, like a hunter traps his prey. This is why no newspaper editor ever refused to