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( vi ) Movement itself. It is very much to be regretted, however, that in spite of the efforts of the Anjuman implementation of the plan on our part has not been satisfactory. Young men usually marry outside the fold, while difficulty is experienced in finding suitable mates for girls coming of age. This is an unpleasant state of affairs which must be remedied with all possible speed. The wishes of the Imam of this Age must be honoured by us, and translated into action. The marriages of our young men and women should take place within the membership of the Movement itself, even at the cost of possible personal incovenience, or discomfort, in cases here and there,” 4. A general impression prevails in regard to the Lahore Section of the Ahmadiyya Movement, that members of this Section are not very serious in regard to their beliefs and practices. In the preface of the sixth edition of his book, entitled Qadiani Religion, Professor Ilyas Barni writes under Jama’at- Qadian ke Aqayid: “Members of the Qadiani Section of the Ahmadiyya Movement which believes in all the claims of the Qadiani Mirza, does not deny his claim to Prophethood, nor try to be evasive on this point, as the Lahore Section does; nor do they display any measure of uncertianity, or a fickleness of the mind. The Qadiani Section is very popular. On the basis of its double-faced attitude, and in the name of Islam, the Lahore Section obtains a certain amount of financial support for its missionary activity, also from sources outside its regular membership. The Lahore Section necessarily holds faith in the Qadiani Mirza Saheb as a Mojaddid , Mehdi , and Masih-i-Maud ; and holds that denial of any of these claims turns a man into a fasiq ; it is very interesting to note that it keeps up a clamour, all the same, that the Qadiani Sect has done a great deal of harm to Islam by holding that those who reject the Mirza Saheb, they become kafirs on the basis of this denial. In other words, the well known proverb applies to them very well, namely, to hold out good advice to others, but to ignore the golden truth in one’s own attitude and actions. ” (Preface, page 201) Professor Ilyas Barni is quite correct when he says that the Lahore Section holds that those who deny the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement become fasiqs thereby. In his book, entitled Al-Nabuwwat fil Islam, page 185, Maulvi Mohammad Ali has stated very clearly that: “to yield belief to the claim of a Mojaddid is essential, since failure to do so turns a man into fasiq. ” Again Maulvi Mohammad Ali has written on the same page: “One who turns away from the Mojaddid of his time he dies in ignorance. ”