Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Planted By The British? — Page 22
Was Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at Planted by the British? 22 Lieutenant Governor, Sir William Makeworth Young, was a staunch Christian and took a hostile view of the running battle raging fully at that time between the Promised Messiah as and Christianity. The opponents sent memorandums to him alleging that the Promised Messiah as was the arch enemy of the British government and Christianity and urged the Government to execute him. It was against this backdrop that the Promised Messiah as wrote: 'I have been informed consistently that some jealous persons who are ill-disposed to me, either on account of difference of religious belief or for some other reason, harbour malice and enmity towards me—or such persons who are the enemies of my friends—submit counter-factual reports to the higher officials of the Government against me and my friends. This persistent flow of misinformation on their part is likely to cause ill feelings in the mind of the esteemed government, and it is likely that all those services … may be laid waste …' 22 Exonerating the Elders of the Family There is a detailed account of these 'exonerating services' which are referred to in the above excerpt. In that context, the Promised Messiah as has argued that his family had supported the British in their battles 22 Kit a b-ul-Bariyyah , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 13, p. 349. [Publisher]