What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 50
( 50 ) jealousies, it will. have ·to confine~ itself to· the State which chooses to favour it. . S. ectarhm rivalries, however, will not. prevent ·such a movement from spreading to oth~r countries. It will ·spread across political front~ers and take root not only in different. Muslfm countries but also 'in countries which are riot· under any Muslim rule. Such a movement will not be under. political suspicion. It. will not ·be resisted by the States of the world, not at· least ·in its early days. . • The history of Ahmadiyyat is witness. to this. Ahmadiyyat arose as a move- ment· foi uniting Muslims. It did not seek political power. · It had no politiCal objecth;es. Occasionally even the British in countries under their rule have perse- cuted Ahmadiyyat and put Ahmadis to trouble. But because of the purely religious· character of the movement, they have never felt the need of cori1ing into open conflict. with it. To appease