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174 Mahzarnama Holy Prophet, to commemorate his birth (mahaafil-e-meelaad) and chanting benedictions on such occasions in standing position, etc. are all included. But the "minority sect"—born of the British Rule—declares and believes the above-mentioned tenets of the Majority to be shirk (sic. associating partners with God) and innovation in Faith (bid'at). And this "minority sect" considers it legitimate to impose restrictions, in India and Pakistan, on the aforementioned practices of the Majority, as were once imposed, under the auspices of Ibn Sa'ood, on the performance of rituals rooted in ancient doctrines. The creation of this "minority sect" was accomplished during the stint of The East-India Company's rule, and its founder was Maulvi Isma'eel Dehlvi—who declared that waging Jehad against the British to be unlawful but, at the behest of the British, he waged Jehad against the Sikhs. He also formulated the self-styled doctrines of Imkaan-e-Kizb , i. e. , God can tell lies, and Imkaan-e-Nazeer, i. e. , possibility of the creation of a replica of the Holy Prophet, (God forbid). The scheme which was submitted to Queen Victoria, in 1858 A. D. , to convert all India to Christianity contained, as one of its clauses, the following: "Do not let the idolaters of India, viz. non-Christians, congregate in their political or religious festivals. " After this scheme was put forth, the suspended mission of Maulvi Isma'eel was infused with a new spirit and, on the basis of his fabricated doctrines and on the line delineated by him, a re- formulation, in the town of Deoband, was effected of a sect which he had already founded. It is for this reason that they are now known as the "Deobandi sect. " Since this sect consists of a small number of adherents, therefore it tries to pass under the name of Ahle Sunnah wal Jama'ah, despite the fact that its doctrines are