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[ 42 ] Muslims to give no respite to these mullahs for even a moment. Muslims should expel these mullahs from both politics and religion at once, because these mul- lahs have no knowledge of politics and are totally unaware of the spirit of religion. They are, however, the experts of fraud and deception. They are the slaves of their own desires. They are not leaders, but looters. ( Ibid. , April 15, 1929) Similarly, a Muslim newspaper, al-Am a n, reads the follow- ing in its June 20, 1930 issue: The Muslim leaders in the Indian National Congress and the supporting ulema are spreading disbelief and irreligiousness among Muslims through the medium of newspapers. ( al-Am a n , June 20, 1930) The Biggest Miscreants Among the Muslims Someone may argue that these excerpts are taken from sec- ular sources. It would be more credible for them if there was a religious scholar who wrote on this subject in a reli- gious publication. So, here it is: The weekly Tan zi m Ahle- H ad i th is a religious magazine, published under the aus- pices of the Ahle- H ad i th of Lahore. This weekly magazine says the following concerning the ulema in its March 1, 1968 issue: