What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 52
( 52 1 America, the Americans opposed themr but only: to tire e»teilt to· which Ameriqm9 woutd oppose ~u. Asiatics. As far· as the religions part of Ahmadiyya work: was concerned, the Anrericq. ns offered no resistanc~. They thought t. lrey Co\lld ignore it. The Dutch rulers in Indonesi~ treated Ahmadi missionaries in the same way. When they saw that Ahmadis did not interfere in the political affairs of the Dutch, they decided not to oppose them •. . They may. have kept watch ov:er them. and shown studied indifference to them~ but no open hostility. In such an attitude they were quite right. We were apposed. to their religion and preached aga~nst it. We conld expect no sympathy from them. But we did not interfere in their politics. SO> they had no right and -no · Jleed to enter upon any visible conflict with us. The result of this has been tlmt Ahmadiyyat has its votar~es ·in afmnst ~very coul)try : in India,. Afghanistan~