The Victory of Islam — Page xi
Foreword is the English rendering of Fat h -e-Isl a m, an Urdu treatise penned in 1890 by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, peace be on him. It outlines the divinely ordained strategy to combat the aggressive misinforma - tion campaigns orchestrated by Christian missionaries through - out the Muslim world. The Promised Messiah, peace be on him, urges the Muslim ummah to wake up and seize the moment at hand by supporting his movement in defence of Islam. Exhaustive deliberations and plans were orchestrated by Christian missionary societies to malign and manipulate Islamic teachings and to exploit the ignorance of the masses. These well- funded efforts initially met with unprecedented success, convert - ing many Muslims to Christianity. Muslim scholars were unable to defend Islam against this onslaught and several renowned maulaw i s themselves embraced the Christian faith. It appeared to be only a matter of time before the entire land of India would follow suit. It was at this time that the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, was appointed by Allah the Almighty to begin a movement to institute and execute a strategy of five campaigns which he out - lined in his groundbreaking work, :