Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? — Page vi
Foreword From the time that Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as of Qadian announced under divine guidance that he is the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, whose advent had been prophesied by the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he faced severe opposition by a large section of the Muslim ulema. These opposing ulema called him a disbeliever and an antichrist and, in doing so, they were forced to resort to lying and distorting facts. This ignoble pattern continues to this day. An example is the booklet, Qadianio n aur D u srei K a firo n kei Darmiy a n Farq (published in English as Qadianis: Difference with Other Non-Muslims ), which was based on the speech given by Maulav i Muhammad Yousuf Ludhianav i in Shuy u kh Mosque, Dubai, on 1 October 1985. Maulav i Ludhiana vi starts with a pre-conceived notion that Ahmadis are disbelievers and proceeds to list his ideas about the difference between Ahmadis and ‘other disbelievers’. Are Ahmadis Not True Muslims? is an English translation of the Urdu book Kiy a Ahmad i Sachchay Musalm a n Nah in?, which was written as a rebuttal to Maulav i Ludhianav i ’s booklet. Our response shows very clearly that the writings of Yousuf Ludhianav i are completely misleading. It also gives a brief historical account of how the so-called ulema, like Ludhianav i, have been using such tactics throughout the history of Islam to malign highly revered personalities