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4 Muslim Jam a‘ at as they do and what do they gain by concocting such false stories about Ahmadiyya beliefs? The matter becomes more complicated and incomprehen- sible when one recalls that it is not the ulema alone who have joined forces to make this community a target of this most incriminating propaganda but many Muslim states as well support and finance anti-Ahmadiyya campaigns throughout the world, foremost among them being Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. T HE A H MADIYYA R ESPONSE In response to the questions raised above, the following is the Ahmadiyya position: It is the fundamental human right of every person to declare his own beliefs or to deny any. No man, nor any government for that matter, is empowered to attribute to a person and/or to a community, any beliefs which they fervently and vehemently deny. Hence, just the denial by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jam a‘ at should be considered valid enough to absolve them of these accusations. Ahmad i s point out that the biggest crime that a man has ever committed to turn both foes and friends against him has always been the crime of falsely claiming to have been raised by God as an Imam and divine representative. A LL P ROPHETS WERE P ERSECUTED Ahmad i s support this statement by pointing to the history of religions so accurately preserved by the Holy Qur’an. Turning to the question put to them, they in their turn, ask, what crimes were committed by Adam, Noah, Abraham,