Murder in the Name of Allah

by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

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Notes 12 ibid. 13 Will Durant, The Story of Civilisation, 11 vols. (New York: Simon &. Shuster, 1950), vol. IV, The Age of Faith, 301. 14 Munir Commission Report, 259. 15 In the subcontinent they are generally known as Brelvis. 16 Deobandi Maulwiyon ka Iman (Lyallpur: Shahi Masjid, n. d. ). 17 Razakhani Fitna Pardazon ka siyah jhoot. 18 Shah Muhammad Asi and Syed Muhammad Tanha, Shourish 'urf Bhare ka. Tattoo, 7-8. 19 Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Modern Islam in India (Lahore, 2nd ed. , 1947). 20 Munir Commission Report, 257. 21 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Izala-i Awham (Amritsar, 1891), part 1, 176. 22 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, A'ina-i-Kamalat Islam(Qadian, 1893), last page. 23 ibid. 24 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, op. cit. , Izala-i-Awham, 138. 25 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Tawdih-i-Maram (Amritsar, 1308 AH), 23. 26 According to the Quran, Abraham's as father's name was Azar, (Adhar) the name given by the Church historian, Eusebius, and not Terah as given in. Genesis 11:26; Quran, 6. 75. 27 Sir Muhammad Iqbal, Bang-i-Dara, Jawab-i-Shikwah, stanzas VII, IX, X and. XVII, trans. A. J. Arberry. 28 Aziz Ahmad and G. E. Grunebaum (eds. ) Muslim Self-Statement in India and. Pakistan, 1857-1968(Wiesbaden, 1970), 13. . Chapter 9 1 In the First World War, the mobilised forces of the Allies totalled 42. 6 million and the Central Powers had 22. 85 million. Total casualties on both sides were 57. 6 per cent. In the Second World War, the peak armed strength was 72,581,566, out of which 16,829,758 were killed or missing (presumed killed) and 26,698,339 were wounded. (Source: Arthur Guy Enock, This. War Business, London: Bodley Head, 1951, and US Department of Defence. ) The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has estimated that the First World War cost $400,000,000,000, excluding civilian property damage and the cost of loss of life. According to one estimate, the direct costs of the Second World War for the participating nations were a staggering grand total of $1,098,938,000,000. 2 William J. Roehrenbeck, Collins Encyclopaedia, vol. 23, article headed 'War. Costs and Casualties'. 145