The Turkish Peace — Page 24
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 24 see its progress as not only an impediment to their culture and way of life, but also as something fatal for humanity. So where they show empathy for the adherents of other religions, they look upon Muslim nations as incurable and terminally ill invalids and seek to suppress them. Is it not preferable to quell an individual or a country which seeks the destruction of others? Of course it is. Hence, Western nations feel duty bound by their mercy, to rid the world of the scourge of the Islamic state. Not only is this my opinion, but in the past I have also shown that there is no other reason for discriminating against the people of Turkey. I have a special insight into this issue because I am the imam of a community whose sole objective is the propagation of Islam. Therefore, I have to keep abreast of the prevailing religious climate in all countries. In my estimation the more liberal religious sentiments become in Western nations, the more enmity arises within them against Islam. Liberal thought encourages sympathy, and in animosity to Islam, liberals are able to express sympathy for the rest of the world. The state of Christianity in America and Europe is evident from the writings of their missionaries. Barely 5 per cent of their people are Christian in