The Qadian Diary — Page 109
Letters, Correspondence, and Articles 95 large mosque attached to our T. I. College and school and also used by Ahmadi public of Mohalla Darul-Uloom, is being used as a sort of dhobi-ghat, while the interior of the mosque is being used for holding Sikh and Hindu public meetings. A mosque (known as Masjid Khojian) in the non-Ahmadi Muslim quarter has been declared an Arya Samaj Mandir and a notice board placed on it to that effect. The minarets of an Ahmadi mosque in Mohalla Darul-Rahmat are reported to have been pulled down presumably to destroy its identity as a mosque. There may have also been other examples of desecration of sacred places. We beg leave to address you once again and request you in the name of all that is holy to kindly take timely action though God only knows whether you will be able to do that or not. Qadian, as you know, is a sacred town, being not only the birth and burial place of the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement but also closely associated with his life-long activities. It is also the living and guiding centre of the Ahmadiyya Community. Besides, it is full of mosques and institutions which are held sacred by Muslims. Your dominion had agreed to abide by the principle of affording protection and immunity to all sacred places from aggression and disrespect. We address this letter to you in the earnest hope that your Government might yet move and prevent the process of desecration from advancing any further. For the use of the Indian Union and East Punjab authorities I am attaching a list of twenty-three mosques (nineteen belonging to the Ahmadiyya Community and four to others), one Idgah, four particularly sacred houses including the house wherein the Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement passed his days of life and seven graveyards including one special graveyard of the Ahmadiyya Community (known as Maqbara Bahishti) in which lie buried the sacred remains of the Holy Founder of our Movement and