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condemned by popular opinion, as flagrant violation of the sanctity of a mosque. Some member of the Ahmadiyya Movement carried the news to the Promised Messiah as well, that the Amir was said to have offered an afront to the mosque, by going in with his shoes on, and by offering his prayers in that condition. But the Promised Messiah at once checked the man in question, and said: “in this matter, the Amir was right, for it is permissible to offer prayers with one's shoe's on (Badr, April 11, 1907). . It is reasonable to assume in this connection that perhaps the man in question narrated the incident under the impression that, since the Amir had ordered a devoted Ahmadi to be stoned to death, in such a barbarous manner, simply because Syed Abdul Latif had accepted the Promised Messiah, Hazrat. Ahmad would be pleased to hear of the unpopularity incurred by the Amir, and would give expression to his displeasure against this ruler. But the Promised Messiah, that embodiment of justice and fairplay even for his enemies, immediately checked the man by saying plainly that "the Amir in this case was justified in what he did, since it was permissible to offer prayers, offer prayers, in circumstances, with shoes on. " Here is arresting proof of the universal graciousness and mercy of the 29