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40 which is being employed in the garb of religion. 50. The Anjuman cannot conclude this statement without emphasising the vital implications of this inquiry. Religion, as stated above, has been used as a weapon in a purely political issue. Instead of leaving to the individual conscience of a man it is being made a means of gaining political power and for reasons which can do no credit to any nation. The Mulla is playing his role on the assumption that he is competent to declar e anyone to be a Muslim or a Kafir and get him treated accordingly. The process, if pressed to its logical conclusion will, God forbi d , spell ruin to the entire State. If on the basis of the decree passed by the Mulla, one Community is declared as outside the pale of Islam today, tomorrow the experiment will be repeated in the case of other sections of the Muslim Community and this process will result in the complete dis-integration of the Muslim nation. The Anju- man therefore holds the view that the enemies of the S tate in and outside this country have fanned the flames of religious frenzy to ruin the State. This was method tried against Muslims by the All India Congress in Pre-partition period. The Hindus probably have not given up this method of ruining Pakistan by fomenting and exploiting religious differences among the various sections of the Muslim nation and this we believe they are even now do- ing with the help of their agents. This is a matter which requires serious probing by the State. The Anjuman has not the means to establish this part of the case by placing any material before the Court on which a conclusion can be founded. It has however the moral conviction that this is so and is making this submission so that the Court of Inquiry if it so desire may be pleased to ask the State to place before it all the material in its possession which may be of help for determining this question. It may be stated that in its communique dated Feb. 27, the Government of Pakistan has