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27 Muslims do not understand this point the other people will finish them up one by one and they will wake up only when it will be no use. ” 39 In other words whatever the real definition of Islam be in the opinion of the various sects the apparent definition of Islam is and must remain no other than the declaration of belief in the Kalima i. e. “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (Peace and blessings of God be on him) is His Prophet. ” 31. To continue the narrative the Ahrar-cum-Islami Jamaat and some Ulema who were craving for power put their hands together to think of unconstitutional ways and means by which the issue could be forced upon the Government. As already submitted the normal presumption is that the Provincial Government was fully congnisant of what was actually happening and of the activities that the enemies of peace pursued. Secret Conferences were being ceaselessly carried on in the mosques and other places and above all the Government was cognisant of the result of these activities which earlier culminated in the disturbance at Multan and also of the ugly situation which was created in the city of Lyallpur. It is difficult to presume that the Provincial Government was not aware of the situation and did not know in what direction its duty lay. Still it looked on with complacency. The in e scapable inference from the way it reacted to these activities is that not only did it not like to stop these activities but also that these activities had its active sympathy and moral support. The Ulema also met the Premier of Pakistan at Karachi some time in July and then again in August 1952, and pressed in unmistakable terms the same demands. The Anjuman regrets that even the then Central Government did not come up to its expectations and their attitude emboldened the Ulema still fur th er. 39 The Alfazl, Qadian, dated 18. 7. 25.