Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 172
172 Mahzarnama [Iqbal aur Mullah, p. 9, by Dr. Khalifa Abdul Hakeem, M. A. , Ph. D. ; Published by: Bazm-e-Iqbal, Lahore, Pakistan] The above excerpt very clearly brings out the background of the agitational movement which is being carried on in Pakistan under cover of the venerable name of "Khatme Nubuwwat. " In this respect, Maulana Abul Aala Maudoodi, referring to the incidents of 1953, gave a special statement in which he made the following surprising admission: These actions clarified two things for me: firstly, the real objective, in front of the Ahrar, is not the protection of the Finality of Prophethood (Tahaffuze Khatme Nubuwwat); rather, their real aim is self-advertisement and taking selfish credit. And that these people want to gamble away the lives and property of the Muslims for gaining their selfish ends in exchange. Secondly, that after unanimously adopting a resolution the night before, some conspirators hatched a plot in isolation and produced a different resolution of their own composition. …. . I felt that a task which is performed with such intentions and by the use of such tricks, cannot contain any goodness. And those who are exploiting the name of Allah and of the Holy Prophet sa for achieving their own selfish ends—and who use the lives of Muslims as if they were manoeuvering chess-pieces—such people can never be granted support by Allah…. " [Daily Tasneem, Lahore, 2 July, 1955] Against this backdrop, if one views the past, together with the newly emergent situation, it becomes plainly obvious that although at this stage emphasis being placed exclusively on the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at to be declared as non-Muslim minority, but under the long-range scheme of the enemies of Pakistan, the door to mischief against the other sects of the Muslim ummah has already been opened and, in the aftermath of 1953, voices are already being raised to declare some other sects too to be non-Muslim minorities, in addition to the Ahmadis. For