خطبات طاہر (جلد 1۔ 1982ء) — Page 409
Khutbat-e-Tahir Vol 1 409 October 1st, 1982 People have changed; so have Ahmadis but unfortunately they are not behaving as ideally as Ahmadis produced by Hadrat Masih-e-Ma'ud himself۔They have fallen in standard in many respects۔And this is one respect in which, I so painfully have to admit, that they have fallen much below the standard۔The fact is that the enemies of Islam have again become active۔From different angles they have started attacking Islam and different gods they address now, of course, but the object of creating doubts, suspicions about Islam is the same object, no change۔The malevolent attitude and the inimical stance is the same, only the style has changed a little bit۔But Ahmadis all over the world if not all, majority of them, are not mindful of this phenomenon any more۔They are not consciously defending the values of Islam as they should be۔I refer to a change having taking place not only in Ahmadis but in outside world as well۔I want to further elaborate on this observation۔Then you'll understand what I mean۔What I mean to say is this that although the enmity of Islam continues to be the same, its form has changed and new garbs and new dresses are been worn by the same enemies۔Their policies are changed a little bit, apparently though, but not in fact۔The policy has changed a bit, apparently it has softened down, apparently the enemies are less enemies and they are some times talking in terms of friends۔This is the new generation of the