Majestic Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 2
as in View of Some Renowned Muslim Scholars [ 2 ] H ud u r rta said: In the so-called White Paper issued by the government of Pakistan, many objections have been raised against the Promised Messiah as. This Friday sermon is part of a series of responses to those allegations. Today, I have chosen two objections which I have discussed earlier. However, in the White Paper these objections have been divided into two parts, and so the response is also being divided into two parts. A General Allegation with a New Slant There is an allegation of a general nature. It is said that: The Promised Messiah as issued a fatw a [edict] against jihad and praised the British; thus it is established that he and the Ahmadiyyah Community has been ‘planted’ by the British. This allegation is now being made with a different slant. It is alleged that during the Sikh rule, Mirza Ghulam Murta da, the father of the Promised Messiah as , promoted the British cause by providing fifty horses and fifty trained fighters at his own expense during the mutiny of 1857, and so during this jihad he had sided with the British against the Muslims. Since during the time of the Promised Messiah as , the Muslims did not engage in any battle against the British in India which the critics could cite as an example to assert