Ahmadiyyat or Qadianism! Islam or Apostasy? — Page 363
Qadian was passionately opposed since he maintained that the entire concept of: 'wishing to advance the cause of Islam by bloodshed or by threats, is absolutely against the Holy Quran and the reliable Hadith. 's. Ironically, since Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad did not support the idea of employing the bloody sword to further the cause of Islam, his adversaries accuse him of having: 'proclaimed Jihad to have been abrogated for ever. " '6. To support this false allegation against Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, his adversaries offer several quotations from his books to prove that he took deliberate steps to abolish Jihad so as to further the cause of British colonial rule in India. And, they state that Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad: 'abolished Jihad and forcefully supported colonialism in India and kept apart his followers from all freedom loving parties of -India because he declared that 'God has made the British Government a mound of peace, tranquillity and a tranquillity and a place of rest for the. Ahmadis. "7. In one of our earlier discussions, we have shown that Hazrat Mirza. Ghulam Ahmad acknowledged the beneficence of the Britsh Raj in India in view of the fact that the British not only saved them from the clutches of the tyrannical Sikh rule, but also granted to all its citizens full freedom to profess and propagate their faith. Hence, he maintained that because the British did not restrict Muslims in the profession of their faith, it would be un-Islamic to go to war against such a government. . Ironically, this opinion of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has erroneously been construed to mean that he abolished Jihad itself although he was not the only Muslim leader of his time who denied the permissibility of Jihad against such a benovelent government. 5. Ahmad, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam: Jesus in India: pg 16 6. Nadwi, A. A: Qadianism. A Critical Study: pg 78 7. Hasan, S. The Truth About Ahmadiyyat: pp 13/14 364