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unrelenting fight against disbelief and disbelievers that the editor of the Aligarh Institute Gazette, Maulvi Waheed ud Din of Aligarh declared: 'Undoubtedly the deceased was a great fighter for Islam. 164. In fact, the impact of Hadhrat Ahmad's as defence against disbelief and disbelievers was so intense that Muslim scholars referred to it whenever challenged by scholars of other religions. . For instance, when Maulvi Irshad Ali of Nagpur, who had at one stage apostatised to Christianity but repented and embraced. Islam again, was challenged to a debate to determine the truth of Islam and Christianity by the Christian missionary Safdur Ali, he responded with the statement: 'If he is so confident about the arguments and truth of. Christianity, then where was he when Maulvi Ghulam Ahmad. Qadiani stood in the field of debate like a brave lion and challenged him? This challenge had such an effect on you people that no Christian missionary dared confront him. '65. Muslim scholars of integrity have continued to applaud. Hadhrat Ahmad's as successful jihad against disbelievers and disbelief. Allama Niaz Fatehpuri, a reputed scholar of India declared that: 'Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib defended Islam well and he did so at the time when the greatest of the ulema did not dare face the enemies of Islam. 166. This statement by Maulana Fatehpuri some 52 years after. Hadhrat Ahmad's as demise is evidence of the fact that the memory of how he confronted disbelief and quietened disbelievers is still fresh in the minds of true and faithful 64. Din, Maulana Sayyid Waheed ud. Aligarh Institute Gazette, June 1908 65. Ali, Maulvi Irshad. Dastkari, Amritsar, 18 June 1899 66. Fatehpuri, Allama Niaz. Nigar, Lucknow, October, 1960 22