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295 saying that what I had said was quite true. This gentleman holds a respectable office, and is one of those who share the views of Maulawi Muhammad Ali, and is not a follower of mine. Maulawi Muhammad Ali, therefore, can inquire from him on oath whether what I say is true or not. In short, the Cawnpore mosque controversy served further to divide the Jama'at into two sections. It led one section to drift more and more towards the extremist wing of Indian politics, and induced the other to adhere more closely to the teachings of the Promised Messiah as. And God be praised that the latter party formed by far the larger section of the Ahmadiyya Community. While these events were taking place in India, Khwaja Sahib in England came across a certain Lord Headley who had for a long time acknowledged the truth of Islam. He had been a follower of the faith for nearly 40 years, but as he never happened to find a regular congregation of Muslims, he knew not how to make a public announcement of the fact of his conversion. After he met Khwaja Sahib, he made a public declaration of his change of faith stating that he had actually been a Muslim for forty years. 10 10 Vide Lord Headley: A Western Awakening to Islam.