The Turkish Peace — Page 52
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 52 official posts, three-fourths of the population will be ready to fill the void. There is no doubt that certain Hindu leaders are willing to co-operate with the Muslims [on this issue] at the current time. However, there is also fierce opposition among the Hindu community against this proposal, and perhaps not even 5 per cent of Hindus are willing to join the Muslims in this. If Muslim lawyers go on strike their clients will turn to their Hindu colleagues for help, and the latter will be more than happy to take on their case. Similarly, if a Muslim judge quits his post, a Hindu candidate will immediately come forward to replace him. Likewise, if Muslim soldiers were to quit their positions, not only would they be subject to a court martial for an offence against military law, their resignations would be of little consequence as the Hindu community have, for the most part, come to realise the importance of serving in the military and they will never agree on compromising the security of their ancient homeland. Therefore, in every field of employment there will be available candidates from other communities who would be more than happy to take up the positions [vacated by their Muslim counterparts], for in our country there is no shortage of people searching for