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[ 14 ] Reality completely contradicts all of this. The truth sur- faces even in the writings of the authors that they have been publishing. Among the literature is a book published by Pakistan’s Ministry of Religious Affairs named Qadian- iyyat , written by Maula vi Abul H asan ‘Al i Nadv i , the gov- ernment of Pakistan has published this book extensively throughout the world. This book has also been translated into Arabic and English. Now, think about this, the White Paper paints the scene as though there was peace and har- mony among Muslims before the advent of the Promised Messiah as , and the British created Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a‘ at to divide Muslims. However, the author of Qadian- iyyat describes conditions before the Promised Messiah as in the following words: Looked at internally, the situation was even worse. Mutual disagreements between Muslim sects had assumed frightful proportions. Each sect was busy denouncing the other. Sectarian polemics were the order of the day, leading often to violent clashes, even to bloodshed and litigation over controversial sectarian issues. The whole of India was in the grip of what might be termed a sectarian civil war. This too had given birth to mental confusion and created breaches in the Muslim society and disgust in the people and had considerably damaged the prestige of the Muslim ' ulema and of Islam. (Maul a n a Syed Abul H asan ‘Al i Nadv i N az im Nadwatul-‘ulam a’ Lacknow, Qadianiyyat, p. 16–17)