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173 purposely distorting the facts. In addition to the sworn testimony of several persons present on the occasion, I myself am prepared to affirm on oath the truth of my version of the incident, and shall de glad to know whether Maulawi Muhammad Ali, and his friends, who were present, are prepared to affirm on oath their version of the incident. I am sure none of them will be so bold as to take such an oath. They will only make pretences to escape the ordeal. Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s Leaflet— Kufr-o- Islam—Did Hadrat Khalifatul Masi h ra Approve It? The eighth item in Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s narrative is the statement that he wrote a small pamphlet which was read over to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra that the latter approved of the views expressed therein, but that the pamphlet could not be published in the lifetime of Khalifatul Masih I ra. There is no doubt that Maulawi Muhammad Ali did write a pamphlet on the question of the Kufr or Islam of non- Ahmadis, and read it over to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra. But the statement that he approved of the views referred to therein is what 1 find hard to believe. There is no written testimony which could bear out the fact of Hadrat’s approval, while, on the