Truth About the Split — Page 109
109 on the ground of his letter that the Khalifa announced that under the circumstances Zahiruddin had no connection whatsover with the Khalifa, nor anything to do with the Khalifa’s followers. " Now let any one read the above announcement side by side with the following words of Maulawi Muhammad Ali: "As Muhammad Zahiruddin was promulgating new doctrines he was not to be considered as having any connection with the Ahmadiyya Community. " The words "promulgating new doctrines" have obviously been put intentionally by Maulawi Muhammad Ali in order to prove the connection that the reason for excommunicating Zahiruddin from the Ahmadiyya Community was his book— Nabiyyullah Ka Zahur or some other leaflet on the same subject. As a matter of fact, in the Khalifa’s announcement there is no reference to any book or tract published by Zahiruddin but only to a letter which he addressed to the Khalifa, wherein—in spite of the written assurance given by the Khalifa that his announcement was not, directed against any of the publications of Zahiruddin but was directed against the notices published by Maulawi Yar Muhammad and Abdullah Timapuri— Zahiruddin impertinently proceeded to address the Khalifa in the words: "Sir, I