An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 280
280 Background The Promised Messiah published this book on May 22, 1900, in which he elucidated at length the philosophy of Jihad in the light of the Holy Quran and A ha d i th. Recalling wars fought in the days of the Holy Prophet sa , the Promised Messiah as stated that “all these wars were defensive and the Muslims were forced to take up arms in order to protect their religious freedom. His mission is that of peace and to establish supremacy of Islam through adducing arguments in support of if. ” Hadrat Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra in the introduction to this book says: The mission of the Promised Messiah as was to establish the superiority of Islam over all the world religions, and he was mainly motivated by the repeated attempts by Orientalists to paint Islam as a religion spread with sword. Bishop Malcolm McCall writing in the issue December 1877, of The Twentieth Century , on page 832, says: “Quran divides the whole world in two parts—(1) D a rul-Isl a m, and (2) D a rul- H arb (the enemy world). People who are not Muslim, all of them are against Islam, therefore it is an obligation on a Muslim that he should wage a war against the non-believers till the time they accept Islam or are killed—this is known as Jihad or Jang-e-Muqadass , and this can end only in one way: either the whole world accept Islam, or everyone is killed. And it is the holy duty of Khalifah that when an opportunity arises, he should declare Jihad. ” On Page 532 of the Life of Mohammad , Sir William Muir says: “As Mohammad arrives in Medina, intolerance took place of the freedom and force of persuasion …. Slay the non-believers where ever you find them was the watchword of Islam. ” Hadrat Jal a l-ud-D i n Shams ra , on page 17 of the introduction, writes: