Murder in the Name of Allah — Page 46
Murder in the Name of Allah. Muslim umma so that Muslims would be dissuaded from jihad and their strength sapped. It is alleged that the movement was developed to act as a fifth column to destroy the Muslim umma from within. . But the Ahmadi self-image is very different from that of the Jamaati. Islami. Ahmadis believe their movement was founded to establish supremacy and to bring about a Muslim rebirth. It was not the British, but. God Himself, who planted its seed to fulfil a promise He made to the people of Muhammad. He promised to send a Mahdi for the reform of the umma and raise a Messiah who, with his irrefutable reasoning, would destroy the Cross, the Cross which inflicted suffering on Jesusas. It is that. Mahdi and that Messiah who founded this community, now busy in the selfless service of mankind. On one hand, the community humbly counsels and advises people to change themselves, while, on the other, it fights and defeats Christianity on every front. How can one believe that the Ahmadiyyah Movement was set up by the British themselves. Christian? Does one expect the British to support, let alone found, a community which is devoted to eradicating the Trinity and planting the holy tree of the Unity of God? Wherever Ahmadis have gone, the weed of the Trinity has withered and the ever-beautiful plant of the Unity has flourished with fragrant flowers and sweet fruits. If that is the fruit of a plant sown by the British, then one only wishes they had sown a few more, so that the revival of Islam and the dissolution of Christianity had been accelerated!. What Ahmadis believe about themselves is exactly the opposite of the. Maulana's views about them. In the Ahmadiyyah view, the founder of their movement was deeply immersed in the love of the Holy Prophet,. Muhammads. The following lines from one of his poems show the ecstasy of his love and the depth of his devotion for the Holy Prophetsa:. My intoxication in the loving of Muhammadsa is second only to that of. God. If this can be dubbed as disbelief, then God be my witness that I am the greatest of disbelievers. . Durre Thameen. According to the Ahmadis, their belief is deeply rooted in the love of the Seal of the Prophet, Muhammads. But Maulana Maududi asserts that their roots go deep into the British soil of imperialism. The two views are entirely opposed. . Let us examine the converse view. The Maulana asserts that the. Jamaati Islami has been founded to create a body of 'upright' men through a long discipline of Islamic worship. These people should reach 46