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Mahzarnama 163 Their sole objective is to somehow occupy a Ministry in the Government—by hook or by crook; They have nothing to do with the King of Medina (peace be on him) The Ahrar of Punjab are Traitors to Islam! [Newspaper, Zameendaar, 21 October, 1945, p. 6] Maulana Maudoodi, while, in a way, bearing out the position taken by Maulvi Zafar Ali Khan, stated: ". . . . These actions clarified two things for me: firstly, the real objective, in front of the Ahrar, is not the protection of the Finality of Prophethood (tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e-Nubuwwat); rather, their real aim is self-advertisement and taking selfish credit. And that these people want to gamble away the lives and property of the Muslims for gaining their selfish objectives in exchange. Secondly, that after unanimously adopting a resolution the night before, some conspirators hatched a plot in isolation and produced a different resolution of their own composition. . . . “I felt that a task which is performed with such intentions and by the use of such tricks cannot contain any goodness. And those who are exploiting the name of Allah and the Holy Prophet sa for achieving their own selfish ends—and who use the heads of Muslims as if they are manoeuvering chess-pieces—such people can never be granted support by Allah. " [Daily Tasneem, Lahore, 2 July, 1955, p. 3, pp. 4-5] The foregoing pages consisted of only a few excerpts from numerous lengthy edicts ( fataawa ) for illustrative purposes only. Now you have read these fataawa. May Allah have mercy on the Muslim ummah—you must have clutched at your heart, or held your head in your hands. But do allow us to pose only this question to you at this point: In the presence of these heart- rending fataawa , can there be any reason—however far- fetched—to raise an objection against Ahmadis as to why do they