The Holy War — Page 83
Fifth Paper Debate 26 May 1893 Proceedings Mr. Abdullah Atham started dictating his reply today at 6:11 and completed it at 7:06, which was then read out loud. Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] sahib started dictating at 7:22 and completed it at 8:22. After this was read out, a question was raised that some members of the Christian Society would like to reply to the comments addressed to the general body of Christians by Mirza sahib at the end of his paper. First of all, Reverend Thomas Howell requested permission and Mirza sahib consented on his behalf. After this Reverend Ehsanullah stated that according to the rules, no other person is permitted to speak from the Christians, even though the question is directed at the Christian audi- ence. Therefore, this question should be regarded as irrelevant. Upon this, the President of the Islamic Society said that an answer should be given in the same order as the question. In other words, since the ques- tion was raised through Reverend Abdullah Atham to the Christians, so the answer too should be done in the same way with the same order. Thus, at the time of the answer to this question any Christian gen- tleman who requests permission to answer the question may be pre- sented. Upon this the President of the Christian Society stated that this technique would disrupt the debate, it is better if we just remove