The Afghan Martyrs — Page 67
and with great humility tried to induce him to renounce his belief. But he stood his ground and finally his dismissal from the assembly was ordered. The divines prepared his' warrant and a document for his death which was duly forwarded to the King. The following day the Sahibzada and all the divines were presented before the King and the warrant of death was read out. Then His Exalted Highness himself tried to persuade him to renounce his belief, but to no avail. Then he had no other option but to order his death by stoning and in the presence of the divines he was stoned to death. Thus it was made transparently clear to the public at large that whoever subscribes to the Qadiani faith will be killed. By then some ignorant ones and some well wishers had to some extent bent towards his beliefs but for fear of death no one had the courage to profess them. Mulla Neymatulla, the third missionary of the Qadiani faith arrived in Kabul in the early part of the reign of Ghazi Ameer Amanulla. In the beginning he made no effort to propagate his faith but later, when he conversed and debated with some others, it became evident that he was a Qadiani and was engaged in propagating his faith. Finally, when the problem became well known, he was summoned to the Town Bureau of Kabul. Having pleaded guilty to the charge he was passed on to the Commander and even in the military establishment he conceded that he subscribed to and believed in the Qadiani faith and that he had been engaged in propagating his beliefs. The military establishment referred him to the 'Officers of the Third Judiciary'. Earlier papers concerning the appeal had been forwarded so that a decision may be taken and put into effect according to Shariat. The Department of Shariat declared that he was an heretic and a Kafir and that he deserved 67