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THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI be buried in their graveyards. The bodies of deceased Ahmadis awaiting burial were shamefully treated, and in many cases they were disinterred after burial and thrown away. There is scarcely any disgrace or dishonour that could be inflicted upon a dead body to which the dead bodies of the Ahmadis were not subjected. Having suffered such indignities it is not a matter for surprise, far less of condemnation, that the Ahmadis refrained from joining in the funeral prayers of non-Ahmadis. This was also appropriate in order to avoid disorderliness and provocation. " "This question has another aspect. Non-Ahmadi divines argue that as Ahmadis do not join non-Ahmadis in prayer services they thereby put themselves outside the pale of Islam. Now there is no sect of Muslims which has not been condemned as disbelievers by Muslim divines and joining whose prayer services is not regarded as contrary to Islam. Thus this is not a new situation which has arisen only with reference to the Ahmadis. Apply the same reasoning to other Muslim sects and consider the situation that would result therefrom. If the. Ahmadis become disbelievers by not joining the prayer services of the non-Ahmadis, the same would apply to other sects who declare it contrary to Islam and forbidden to join the prayer services of each other. " (Truth About Ahmadiyyat, pp. 88-93). OBJECTION NO. 8:. The founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement abused his opponents. He called them Zurrayatul Baghaya and other harsh names. This is inconsistent with the dignity of a prophet. . ANSWER:. The Promised Messiah has used harsh words only against. those opponents who were first to use abusive language against him and reviled him in most offensive and vicious language. Their language was so filthy that we do not feel proper to give samples of it and their fatwas. He was never the first to use harsh words. . To describe a blind person as sightless is not abusive or harsh. . In the Holy Quran some of the Jews and Christians have been called. 166