The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 29
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 29 ] Two Sides of the Coin—Duplicity of Maud u diyyat Finally, I will present a comparison of the concepts of jihad between the Promised Messiah as and Maulav i Maud u d i. First of all, the scholars who oppose the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at have two distinctive concepts. What they used to say during the days of British Empire is completely different from what they say now when that government has gone. It is as if they have two yardsticks for everything. They attribute such a dreadful concept of jihad to the Holy Prophet sa that any honourable Muslim is deeply pained to hear it. Their concept of jihad is unhealthy. Maud u d i’ s group is in the forefront of accusations and finger-pointing at the Promised Messiah as. But before I present the concept of jihad of Maulav i Maud u d i in his own words, I will present an excerpt from Major Osborns book, Islam Under the Arab Rule. He writes that the first time the Holy Prophet sa was given ill treatment: ‘Let there be no violence in religion,’ had then been one of the maxims he had laid down… But the intox- ication of success [God Forbid] had long ago stilled the voice of his better self. …Leaving as his last legacy a mandate of universal war, irresistibly recalls, by force of contrast, the parting words to his disciples of another religious teacher, that they should go forth and preach a gospel of peace to all nations. Nor less striking in their contrast is the response to either