Life of Ahmad — Page 764
JIHAD as 764 under this name the plunder and murder of innocent human beings, the Christian Missionaries, on the other, are to blame for a similar misrepresentation. The latter have published thousands of pamphlets and handbills in Urdu, Pushto and other languages and circulated them in different parts of India, the Punjab and the Frontier, to the effect that Islam was spread by the sword and that its first principle is murder. The consequence has been that the ignorant masses finding two witnesses in support of jihad, viz. the Maulaw i s and the Christian Missionaries, became more wild in their savage excitement. I think it is of the utmost importance that the Government should prohibit these Missionaries from such dangerous fabrications which result in spreading rebellion and lead to breaches of the peace in the country'. A Christian Missionary, Dr. Griswold of Lahore, has written a book against Ahmad as , which is often quoted by European writers. He gives a quotation from the memomrial which was sent to Sir William Macworth Young on March 5th, 1898. It is one of Ahmad’s as principles to which he draws the attention of the Lieut-Governor of the Province. It is given by Dr. Griswold as follows: 'To preach Islamic truths with reasoning and heavenly signs, and to regard Ghaza or jihad as prohibited under present circumstances. '