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purification and in propagating the excellence of Islam. Jehad with force is allowed only in self-defense. Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's Services in the Cause of Islam and Humanity: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Communtiy has a proud record of service to Islam and humanity without distinction of color or creed. It has produced voluminous literature presenting the true Isl am so maligned and misunderstood in the West. It has already completed translations of the Holy Quran into 54 languages. It has constructed over 500 mosques and mission houses within the last five years. Its missionary work is unmatched and unequaled by a ll the other Islamic sects put together. I t has built schools and hospitals to serve particularly the needy and the poor in Africa and elsewhere. It has stood for the cause of Muslims everywhere - in Shuddi (forcible conversion to Hinduism) movement in India ; in the defence of the honor of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of J\ l lah be upon him; in helping the down trodden people of Kashmir against the tyranny of the Dogra regime; in the epic struggle for the creation of Pakistan; and, later providing a voluntary battalion on Kashmi. r Front; in the struggle for independence of the countries in the Middle East from colonial powers, including the Palestinians for their rights; and in providing help in national calamaties within and outside Pakistan - too numerous indeed even to be barely listed here. • Ahmadi Mu s lim dentist provide s free servic e s in Al'rt ca lla zrat Khalifatul Masih IV at Ahmadiyya llosital in Ghana Amir and Missionary Incharge with Am e rican Ahmadiyya Medical Team r e turning after vo l untary serv ice in Afr i ca 17