Stories from Early Ahmadiyyat — Page 51
A Debate with Christians Before Hazrat Ahmad’s as time, the Christians of India used to launch strong attacks against Islam and its teach- ings. They used to take advantage of some false Traditions which had crept into Islamic literature and erroneous beliefs which Muslims of that time had wrongly attrib- uted to Islam. The result was that the Christian mis- sionaries had great success in converting Muslims to Christianity. Not only the masses, but also some learned scholars among Muslims renounced their religion and joined the fold of Christianity. Rev. Abdullah Atham was one such scholar. He was a civil servant, and after retirement from the service, he devoted most of his time to upholding the cause of Christianity and denouncing Islam. Seeing the sad plight of Islam, Hazrat Ahmad as rose to the occasion and not only defended Islam against all attacks but also challenged other religions to expound the beauties of their faiths as compared to Islam. Rev. Abdullah Atham accepted the challenge and a debate was arranged at Amritsar which continued for