Ahmadiyyat Is Not a New Religion — Page 9
9 out for years. Every five or six sermons, I have to write to the staff and highlight parts of a sermon in Al-Fazl that were omitted or interpolated. These mistakes affect sales. Although I have shared my experience, members from outside Jamā‘ats might be unaware. They can review the sermons in Al-Fazl and notice this glaring pattern. Still, it may not always occur; for example, if an exceptionally long sermon was delivered and the ‘short’ transcriber recorded it [the pattern would break]. But as a rule of thumb, the alternating pattern generally holds. This kind of neglect is also found in other aspects of the paper. DIVERSIFY NEWSPAPER CONTENT A daily newspaper can only run effectively if it caters to daily needs. I have advised the staff to diversify the content many times. Al-Fazl cannot exclusively comprise religious articles, but attention was not given to this aspect either. If people do not observe prayers all day and engage in numerous other activities, how can a newspaper solely focused on religious content capture their interest? Consider the Holy Quran. It does not merely discuss God and His Messenger s as but is fused with discussions on water, clouds, winds,