Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Muslims of India — Page 9
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 9 ] confiscated only to avoid further agitation. Neverthe- less, the Governor redressed the situation through a decision which was very fair and just. At the time, all other sects of Muslims in India were afraid of the British or Hindus or other nations. Like the Muslims of the earliest era, it is only Jam a ‘at-e-Ahmadiyyah that is not afraid of any individual or organisation. It is rendering a purely Islamic service. This is how the newspapers used to write in the past. They were noble in character and acknowledged the facts. They were fair-minded and did not believe in perverting the facts. They had the courage to tell the truth, and they did, indeed, express the truth. This is what Muslim newspapers wrote. According to the Hindu newspapers too, it was the Ahmad i s who were the strongest in making a forceful response. Now listen to the voice of those who were in the opposite camp. As the A h r a r are doing presently, those Hindus were trying to take advantage of a similar situation. In those days, the Hindus were trying their best to pitch the Muslims against Ahmad i s and they were telling them that Ahmad i s were not Muslims. In other words, in those days the task of the present day A h r a r was done by the A ry a Sam a jists. They would say to the Muslims: ‘O, fools! Ahmad i s are not Muslims! Why are you following them? Why do you care for the honour of your Prophet sa by trail- ing behind the Ahmad i s? If they want to die, let them per- ish! What relation do you have (God forbid) with that