Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Muslims of India — Page 6
Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama'at and the Muslims of India [ 6 ] of Pakistan in my last sermon. Today, I have selected some more events. The fact of the matter is that whenever Muslims of the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent faced a crisis or whenever their religious feelings were injured, with the special grace of Allah, it was the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at that always stood at the forefront in making sacrifices to help remove the afflictions of those Muslims. Many times it was the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at which took on the initia- tives to start the struggle against the perpetrators of mis- chief, for it was Ahmad i s that carried the banner of this jih a d against the enemies of Muslims. No doubt, there also were other noble spirited Muslims who joined in the strug- gle and cooperated with the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at, but, by the grace of God, most of the great campaigns to truly serve Muslim causes in the Indo-Pakistan sub-conti- nent were led by the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jam a ‘at. From among those years when Muslim religious senti- ments were greatly hurt, the year 1927 is specifically impor- tant to mention. In that year, the notorious and universally disreputable book Rang i l a Ras u l ( The Licentious Messenger ) was published. In that book, most foul and wicked attacks were made on the person and character of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. Reading it makes the blood of every Muslim boil. The shock caused by this book had not yet subsided and the protests and legal action against R a jp a l, its Hindu author, were still under way when another filthy