Life of Ahmad — Page 556
DR. CLARK DRAGS HIM INTO COURT as 556 was innocent of the charge brought against him, he honourably acquitted him and even congratulated him on his acquittal, with a smile on his face. This congratulation showed that he felt keen pleasure and real pride in being able to render justice to an innocent man. The congratulation further showed that Colonel Douglas was conscious of the fact that it was at the cost of great pains and after surmounting great difficulties that he had been able to do justice to Ahmad as. What a contrast to the Roman Pilate! It should be remembered that the task of Colonel Douglas was much more difficult than that of Pilate. The charge brought against Jesus as was based only on religious differences, while the charge brought against Ahmad as was that of abetment of murder. It was alleged that he had deputed a man to murder a respectable Christian missionary. Again, the accusers of Jesus as were not the co-religionists of Pilate, while the accusers of Ahmad as were not only the co-religionists of Colonel Douglas but were the missionaries of his religion and hence deserving of all respect at his hands, and he must have realised that the acquittal of Ahmad as would be an everlasting slur on their character. But all these considerations, serious though they might appear, carried not the slightest weight in the mind of Colonel Douglas when