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A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 17 ] those who are the ringleaders in issuing a verdict of Apos- tasy, do punish them and do make them an example for the others so that the future generations should be admon- ished. ’ But as far as the general public is concerned, they are the victims. They are unaware of the reality and are unaware of the truth. That means the majority of the peo- ple does not know what the mull a is saying. Many lies have been spread against the Community and much fabrication has been employed. Some time ago a friend told me that in a city like Karachi, in a gathering of educated people who have known the Community and are supposedly well informed, he once said, in protest, that as far as the kalimah tayyabah or kalimah shah a dah 10 is concerned it is a com- mon denominator in the entire world of Islam. It is such a common factor that Allah the Almighty invites even the outsiders and, invites the Christians that they should come to agree on this common kalimah and join at least in its first portion. This kalimah is being erased with force, it is being defiled. How does Islam give you this license. Give some justification. He says that in that meeting of educated people, one gentleman said, ‘the reason for it is that you say one kalimah with your tongue but have a different kalimah 10. The declaration of the Islamic faith: to bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, He is One, without any associate, and to bear witness that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa is His servant and His Messenger; also known as the first pillar of Islam.