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against them in Pakistan, the charge sheet of every one of which specifies the alleged offence as recitation of or wearing the badge of the Kalimah 'Laa 'ilaaha 'il-lal-laah Muhammadur-Rasuulullaah. ' If the Kalimah of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had, God forbid, substituted Muhammad with Ahmad then there would be absolutely no reason for these Ahmadi Muslims to be charged under Ordinance XX of 1984 enacted by the military regime of the Zia ul Haq. Nor any reason for them to be punished under Amendment of the Pakistan Penal Code [Act. XLV of 1860], Additions of New Section 298C. One states that because the Ordinance requires that any member of the. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community 'who, directly or indirectly, poses himself as a Muslim, or calls, or refers to his faith as Islam' and who 'by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or any manner whatsoever outrages the religious feelings of Muslims, shall be punished. ' There would, however, be absolutely no reason for these Muslims to feel outraged if Ahmadi Muslims so charged in Pakistan did not recite the Kalimah of which 'MuhammadurRasuu-lullaah' is an integral part since in reciting any other. Kalimah except that of 'Muhammadur-Rasuu-lullaah,' they cannot be deemed to pose as Muslims. . In view of these facts which are a part of Pakistani history, one would ask Abdul Hafeez as to why should Ahmadi Muslims substitute their Kalimah and demonstrate it outside their mosque in Nigeria where the government does not penalise it for its beliefs and yet, in a country like Pakistan where they are threatened with severe penalisation, they insist on proclaiming the Islamic Kalimah to which the government takes exception?. The Kalimah written at the Ahmadiyya Central Mosque,. Ijebuode in Nigeria is positively 'Laa ilaaha 'il-lal-laah. Muhammadur-Rasuu-lullaah' and irrespective of how Abdul. Hafeez proposes to beguile his readers into believing otherwise, the fact will remain that Ahmadi Muslims know and recite the only Kalimah taught to them by Hadhrat Muhammad sa which is: 'Laa ilaaha 'il-lal-laah Muhammadur-Rasuu-lullaah. ' Any reasonable man who considers this false charge against them to the effect that they have substituted the name of Hadhrat 216