Islam and the Freedom of Conscience — Page 16
~ 16 ~ mischief time to time; that is, they will do something or the other that would again cause hurt to Muslims. Another objective behind this could be to use this as an excuse to put legal restrictions on Muslims, in particular those who have emigrated from the East, from the Indian sub- continent. Anyhow, despite the fact whether they put restrictions or not, we should formulate our responses according to the Islamic values and teachings. As I said, from the very beginning these conspiracies have been carried out against Islam and the Holy Prophet sa. However, as it is Allah's promise to safeguard Islam, therefore, He has been protecting it, and all the opposing efforts are met with failure. The Promised Messiah as came to defend Islam & the Holy Prophet sa against conspiracies ''For this age, Allah appointed the Promised Messiah as to fulfil this objective. With regard to the attacks made on the blessed person of the Holy Prophet sa , in this age, the Promised Messiah as , himself, and later on by following his teachings, his Khulaf a ’ , guided the Community and demonstrated responses that bore [positive] consequences. I shall present a couple of examples of this so that the achievements of the Community are made clear to those who allege that by not participating in the boycotts and by