The Riots of 1953 — Page 64
64 May 1947? A. What is stated there had already been impliedly contradicted in the “Alfazl” of 21st May 1947. Q. What does the date “14th Hijrat” as it appears in “Alfazl” signify? A. It signifies “14th May”. To Court: Q. Why do you call the month as “Hijrat”? A. Because History records that our Holy Prophet’s hijrat occurred in May. To Counsel contd:- Q. Do you observe the ordinary Hijrat era or the christian calendar? A. We have only given different names to the calendar months of the solar system with reference to various incidents in the life of the Holy Prophet. Q. Did you claim to be declared a minority as reported in the “Alfazl” of 12th November 1946? A. No. The facts are these. When differences arose between the Muslims and the Hindus in 1946, Government made inquiries from different communal parties, treating all the Muslims as one party. It was represented to us by some Muslim Leaguers that this was a trick played by the Britishers who had increased the number of the non-Muslim parties and had treated the Muslims as only one party. We then protested to Government as to why the Ahmadis also had not been consulted as a party. The Government replied that we were only a religious and not a political party. Q. Did you make the following statement at one of the meetings on the occasion of the annual conference in March 1919 as mentioned in the compilation “Irfan-i-Ilahi” at page 93 under