Advice for Missionaries — Page 18
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 18 well. If they are invited to and shown the right path, they will accept it. It is essential that a missionary does not behave in a way that gives the impression that they are the enemy of a particular community. If they go to a city popu- lated by Hindus, the Hindus there should not feel as though a foe has arrived in their midst, but rather their own pandit. If they move to a place where there are mostly Christians, the Christians there should think of them as their own priest and not feel aggravated by their arrival. Rather, they should be pleased. If you model yourself in this way, whenever you go to a new place, the non-Ahmadi Muslims will not call for their maulawi, the Hindus will not call for their pandit, and the Christians will not call for their priest. Instead, all of them will treat you with love. This is the reason Islam has forbidden the use of offensive language against the holy personages of other faiths. According to Islam, prophets have been sent to all parts of the world. They initiated the development of their respective nations, however, the message of Islam is to be spread across the entire world. Remember that you should never be concerned by what others might say to you while preaching, nor should you rely on rhetoric alone. There is a difference between oratory