Where Did Jesus Die? — Page xxiii
Introduction xxiii from Qadian, India, made their appearance in London. Naturally they put up with me at the Fazl Mosque, 63, Melrose Road, London, S. W. 18. I drew up a plan with the help of these mission- aries for the distribution of the said leaflet. Copies were also sent by post to various other countries of Europe and America. Besides the distribution of the leaflet I was able to publish the book enti- tled ? The leaflet and the book caused a stir in London especially amongst the ecclesiastical authorities who took a serious note of the new book and the leaflet. Many of the London papers published long notes on the subject. Wimbledon Borough News published a 300-word article about the discovery of the Tomb of Jesus. In this article the editor writes: Imam Shams also sets out the facts briefly in a leaflet a hundred thousand of which are being distributed over a wide area, including Wimbledon. ( Wimbledon Borough News 22nd February, 1946). This article provoked comments from readers. The Editor pub- lished the correspondence following this article in the issues of 1st, 8th and 29th March, 1946 under the captions ‘Why not open the tomb’, ‘Lessons of the cross’, ‘?’ and ‘Tomb of Jesus’ etc. A correspondent, Mr. M. J. , said: The belief that Jesus Christ did not die on the cross, expressed by Imam Shams, a Moslem, in your paper last week, is one which is shared even by some Christians.