The Qadian Diary — Page 21
21 Nangal Bagbana, close to the sacred cemetery of the community, has had its minarets pulled down and the congress flag flown on top of it as a mark of conquest. The mosque is now being used as a shelter for Sikh refugees. 23 December 1947 A group of Ahmadis manage to get into Majid Noor in Mohalla Darul Aloom where they discover three maunds (111kg) of torn out pages from the Holy Qur’an, which they collect together and respectfully dispose of by burning. Such acts of desecration can only be motivated by hate and are carried out with the sole purpose of injuring the sentiment of Muslims. 21 January 1948 There are reports that Sikhs in Qadian are deliberately selling pork packaged in pages of the Holy Qur’an looted from Muslim homes. Could anything be more provocative and malicious? 2 February 1948 Reports filter through that the Ahmadiyya mosque in Mohalla Darul Fazal has been taken over and is being used as a private residence by a non-Muslim refugee. A cooking area has been con- structed within the main mosque and the courtyard is covered in night soil. In this manner places of worship continue to be desecrated. After narrating this heartbreaking account, all that remains to be said is that the community has not been sitting idle. We have regularly reported these incidents to the ministers of East Punjab,