The Turkish Peace — Page 5
5 Khilafat, as otherwise they would never have been able to take up arms against an individual who they had truly accepted as a vicegerent of the Holy Prophet sa. Therefore, given these circumstances, it is wrong to hold a conference in which the whole Muslim world is expected to express their views about the future of Turkey, and base it on a principle which is not accept- able to all of them, and will lead to nothing more than confusion and dismay. In my opinion, this conference ought to have been primarily convened to demonstrate that the dissolution or division of a Muslim state ruled by a sultan who is accepted as a khalifa by a certain section of Muslims, is a measure which is strongly condemned by all Muslim sects. Indeed, the idea is abhorrent to them. Muslims of all sects would likely participate in any such movement regardless of whether they accept the Ottoman Khilafat or whether they hold one another to be disbelievers or not. By uniting around this principle, they would be able to unanimously express their views on the subject. Although different sects may look on others as heretics, it is also true that the world considers all Muslims as belonging to Islam and, moreover, all Muslims are equally affected by any prosperity or harm that comes to the grandeur of the faith. The Ahmadiyya Community