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122 Mahzarnama fighting just for nothing. Rather, it directs one to fight against only those who prevent the servants of God from affirming their faith in Him, and preclude them from practising the injunctions of God and to worship Him. And He directs one to fight against those who fight against the Muslims without just cause, and who drive out the faithful from their homes and their homelands, and who coercively induct the creatures of God into their own religion, and intend to annihilate the religion of Islam, and prevent other people from joining Islam. These are the people who incur the wrath of God, and it is incumbent upon the faithful believers to fight against them, unless they desist from their misdeeds. " [ Noor-ul-Haq, part 2, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 8, p. 62 ] "In this age, Jehad has taken on a spiritual complexion. The Jehad of this age is simply to try peacefully contribute to the propagation of Islam, rebut the objections of the opponents and disseminate the excellences of Islam in the world. This is what Jehad consists of, until God may cause a different set of circumstances to prevail in the world. " [ Newspaper Al-Badr, Qadian, 14 August, 1902, p. 239, Column 3 ] "God, the Exalted, has sent me to lay bare these hidden treasures before the world, and to clean up the mud of filthy objections which has been heaped on these sparkling jewels. The righteous indignation of God is strongly aroused at this time to cleanse and glorify the dignity and honour of the Holy Quran from the blemishes of objections put on it by every vile enemy. So, in a situation such as this when the opponents want to, and actually do, attack us with the pen, how foolish would it be if we were to get down to bludgeoning them with the mood. Let me tell you explicitly that if, under these circumstances, anyone were to misuse the name of Islam to retaliate with militancy, then such a person will only bring disgrace to the fair name of Islam. Because Islam never intended to allow that swords be drawn for no reason and without just cause. The objectives of modern