The Turkish Peace — Page 50
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 50 conspire against it for as long as we continue to live under its rule and derive the benefits of its protection. Anyone who honours Islam cannot act upon this proposal. If it is suggested that the Muslims first leave [India] and then wage jihad, this goes back to the question of migration which as I have already demonstrated is both improper and impractical. Secondly, one of the conditions of jihad stipulates that it be undertaken against a government which attacks Muslims with the purpose of eradicating Islam. In the case of Turkey, the Allies were not the first to enter into a confrontation, nor did they engage in battle in order to destroy Islam. Therefore, until it is established that the Allied powers initiated the war and attacked the Turks to force them to accept Christianity, there can be no justification for the Muslims of India to wage a jihad against the British government under whose authority they live. The third proposal is one of non-cooperation with the government. As far as I am concerned, this too is a form of rebellion, and by following any such course of action, peace cannot be maintained in India. It is inevitable that those who give up their employment will, over time, have to live in straitened circumstances and their worldly needs will compel them to undertake