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?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI viii a position of power. These statements created an uproar across the Muslim world. In defence of the true teachings of Islam, Hadrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad aba , Khalifatul Masih V, refuted the erroneous statements made by the Pope. Ahmad immediately delivered ser- mons with rebuttals following the papal lecture. In 2008, these were published in an Urdu book along with several additional chapters that thoroughly refute the misconceptions in the Pope’s lecture. This is the English translation of that book. The translation was performed by Dr. Khalil Mahmood Malik. I would also like to thank Qamar Ahmed Zafar, Zulfiqar Abbasi, Munawar Ahmed Saeed, Luqman Tahir Mahmood, Syed Sajid Ahmad, Syed Faraz Hussain, Hassan Faiyaz Khan, Naveed Ahmed Malik, and Naser- ud-Din Shams for their valuable services. May God bless everyone involved in producing this book and enable their diligent efforts to open the eyes of those blinded by the ignorance and bigotry of these age-old allegations against Islam. A m i n. Al- Ha j Munir-ud-Din Shams Additional Wak i lut-Ta s n i f London July 2019