Political Solidarity of Islam — Page 16
10 professes to be friendly towards the Ahmadis and against the Ahrars. Then he gets it into his head to become a leader and throwing consistency to the winds, at once begins to indulge in anti-Ahmadi activi- ties. The self-same Sir Zafar Ali of whom I was speaking, addressed me a letter when Sir Shadi Lal was retiring, and after using the Islamic expression, Assalam-o-Alaikum, i. e. , "God's blessing be on you," requested me to send Rs. 50 in order that I might also be included among the Muslim hosts of the pro- posed farewell party but to-day we have become Kafirs in the sight of the self-same gentleman. Sir Zafar Ali was foremost among the organisers of the party given to Sir Shadi Lal but when a party was to be given to Ch. Zafarullah Khan he was, all of a sudden, reminded that the Ahmadis were not Muslims, as if Sir Shadi Lal was a thorough-going Muslim and it was Sir Zafar Ali's religious duty to join the party given to him but Ch. Zafarullah Khan being a non-Muslim it would have amounted to Kufr to participate in the party that was given in his honour. This is not what justice would dictate. It is a palpably obstinate attitude and such an attitude is never conducive of good results for any people. I, therefore, invite the attention of the Ahrars, though they may not accept my advice and I also invite the attention of other people though they too may ignore my advice, that the great majority of the Muslims should try to realize the real motives that are working bthind this opposition to the Ahmadiyya Community. The real object of this agitation is not to show whether we are Muslims or not. The Ahrars have, in fact, realized that they cannot succeed in injuring the interests of the Muslims in face of the Ahmadiyya Movement as was proved by their failure at the time of the Nehru Report. Therefore they seek first to remove the Ahmadis from their way. Or perhaps they think the Ahmadis are an obstacle in the way of the Muslims getting some benefits. Anyhow they have realized that because of the existence of the Ahmadiyya Community they cannot hope to popularise some of those ideas among the Muslims which they consider to be good for them but which as a matter of fact are harmful to their best interests. They, therefore, want to have a free field for themselves by removing the Ahmadis from their way.