مذہب کے نام پر فسانہ

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heavenly signs and to regard ghaza or Jehad as prohibited under present circumstances (italics mine) This reminds us of the Papal attitude toward Queen Elizabeth, which is well nown to all students of her reign۔In 1569 Pope Pius V۔issued a bull against Elizabeth, absolving her Roman Catholic subjects from their allegiance and commanding then to wage a Papal Jehad against the protestant queen۔But this absolute command was soon qualified by the bull of Pope Gregory XIII, issued in 1580, which released the English Catholics from the oblegation to resist Queen Elizabeth and allowed them to continue their allegiance to her until they should be powerful enough to rebel openly۔In other words, the bull of Pope Gregory XIII, declared a Papal Jihad against Elizabeth to be impracticable and prohibed under present circumstances۔Likewise, according to the Mirza Sahib's article of faith, a jihad against the non-Muslim world is prohibited, not absolutely, but under present circumstances۔(Mirza Ghulam Ahmad THE MEHDI MESSIAH OF QADIAN by REV H۔D۔GRISWOLD ph۔D۔P 12 Published by The American Tract society LODIANA۔1902۔) 53