Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at and Muslims of India — Page 22
Ahmadiyyah Muslim Jama'at and the Muslims of India [ 22 ] The same newspaper in its October 2, 1947 publication printed the letter of a non-Ahmad i who had taken refuge in Qadian. He wrote: There is no time to write down long stories… At this moment we are more or less fifty thousand persons who have taken shelter in Qadian. We are getting food for our survival from the Ahmad i s. Some have also given us houses to live in. But this small town does not have enough capacity and thousands are in the open, laying on the ground. They have to bear the heat of the sun, and they get drenched in the rain. ( I h s a n , Lahore, October 2, 1947) In addition to that, the government of Pakistan published a book entitled K a rv a n-e-Sakht J an. It contains the history of partition of the country. This book published by the Defence Department of Pakistan writes about Qadian: In addition to its good reputation for manufacturing and trade, this place is famous as the Centre of Jam a ‘at-e-Ahmadiyyah. In all its suburbs is the Sikh population. Thus, in the days of disturbances, the Muslims came to Qadian Shar i f from as far a distance as twenty miles. . . Till yesterday, it was ‘Qadian Shar i f ’ [the Holy city of Qadian]. And today you [non-Ahmad i s] are trying to call Rabwah the worst town in the world (we seek Allah protec- tion from this!). You say that like the Jews have Israel, Rabwah is Mirz a ’ i l (we seek Allah’s protection from this!).