The Qadian Diary — Page 74
Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad 60 Union. They are loyal to the State and they wish to stay in Qadian, their religious centre. In spite of this however, Ahmadies of Qadian have been sub- jected to untold hardships during the last two months or so, as is apparent from the following instances:— ( i ) More than a dozen Ahmadi villages in the area around Qadian have been looted and burnt and many Ahmadies belonging to these villages have been killed. Local officials have failed to provide any protection to them. ( ii ) False reports about Qadian have been sent by local officials to their superiors which the India authorities have accepted without inquiry, in spite of the fact that these reports have been challenged again and again by Ahmadies. For example:— ( a ) It has been said that Ahmadies had been using armoured Cars whereas the truth is that no armoured car has ever been used by Ahmadies. Only one Captain Abdullah recently released from the army bought a Command car. This Command car, as everybody knows, carries no arms ; still it was said that an armoured car had been used. The facts are that this Command car belonging to Capt. Abdullah was carrying some passengers and was attacked by the Police. The driver was wounded. The passengers who were going to fetch news of a threatened Ahmadi village jumped out and ran away. These men, it was alleged, were going to attack some place. Now, if they were out to attack, where were the arms they would have used and why did they not use them when they themselves were attacked ? This car has not been returned to the owner. ( b ) It has been said that an Ahmadi aeroplane landed and attacked a Sikh Jatha, whereas the truth is that no aeroplane has yet been invented which can land where it pleases and take off when it pleases. The experts know this. How then did this plane land and how did it take off again ? Had it landed in a field, it