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Holy Prophet and in using foul language against him. This was causing the Hazrat a great distress. In fact this had caused a great mental-suffering to all the Muslims. The Hazrat drew the attention of the Government towards that lamentable behaviour and proposed that an amendment be introduced into the Indian. Penal Code in Section 298 whereby it should become a criminal act to use foul language against the founders of religions. In this way no one would injure the feelings of any section of the communities. This move was very warmly welcomed by. Nawab Muhsin-ul-Mulk and many other right-thinking leaders. . Religious Conference at Lahore. A religious Conference was called at Lahore in December, 1896, in which representatives of all the religions were asked to read papers to acquaint the hearers with the beauties of their own religions. The Promised Messiah was also requested to participate and the Hazrat gladly accepted the request of the organisers of the conference. He, therefore, wrote a paper which was later published with the title "THE TEACHINGS Of. ISLAM. " Two days before the conference commenced the Hazrat got some placards printed and posted at prominent places in. Lahore, in which he had declared that the Omnipotent and the. All-Knowing Allah had revealed to him that his paper shall, in the coming conference, top the list and cast all the other papers into shadow. . The paper of the Hazrat was read by Maulvi Abdul Karim. Sahib who kept the audience spell-bound for many hours. The prediction came to be true and all the important English and. Urdu papers boldly declared that the paper read by Maulvi. Abdul Karim Sahib was undoubtedly the best. Islam, thus, gained a victory over all the other religions. . Pundit Lekhram's death. On 6th March, 1897, Pundit Lekhram, an important leader of the Arya Samaj Hindus, perished. He died an ignominious death under the "Sharp sword of Muhammad," as had been. JULY/AUGUST 1989 21