Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 262
262T an invitation to the Queen to accept Islam, yet Her Majesty or the Government was not in any way offended -'at- it and another copy of the book was sent for. By placing us under such a Government, Almighty God has shown that it is His will to make this propaganda successful, for no where else could we carry on our work with this freedom. Had we been at Mecca, innocent blood would have been shed every day by religious bigots, nor could we do our work at Medina or Constantinople without persecution on the part of the authorities. The cruel murder of two of our friends at Kabul shows the truth of these remarks. They did not rebel against the Government of the country or commit homicide or any other crime under the penal code ; they only spoke against the doctrine of Jehad and the advent of a Gliazi Mahdi. They did not say anything against Islam and were murdered by a Muslim Killer, while we publish writings against Christianity day and night and Christian Goveinrnent does not even prohibit us from doing so: They were good, righteous and silent men. Maulvi Abdul Latif especially was very silent, but some selfish person informed the Amir of his doctrines and excited him saying that he opposed Jehad and some other doctrines held by the orthodox. It was for this fault only that he was stoned to death in such a cruel manner that the hardest heart melts to tears at the mention of the cruelty. 11 Look at the British rule now. For thirty years, more or less we have been writing against the Christian religion. We tell the Missionaries and other Christians plainly that they are in a serious error in holding the Christian religion to be true. We tell them that Trinity and Atonement are false doctrines, that Islam is the only true religion and the only means of attain- ment of salvation, and that- the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may