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58 To Mr. Nazir Ahmad Khan, Advocate, on behalf of the Juma’at- i-Islami:- Q. What status has “Alfazl” in your community and what is your connection with it? A. It is true that the paper was started by me, but I gave up my connection with it two or three years later. I did so probably in 1915 or 1916. It is now owned by the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Rabwah. Q. Was it, after 1915-16, within your power to stop the publication of this paper? A. Yes, in the sense that the Juma’at is loyal to me and if I tell them not to purchase the paper the publication will automat- ically stop. To court:- Q. Can you advise the Anjuman to stop it? A. I can also advise the Anjuman which own the paper to stop the publication. To counsel (continued) :- Q. Do you agree with the definition of momin and muslim given in answer to one of the questions put by the court to the Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya, Rabwah? A. Yes. Q. Are the views expressed by you today and yesterday in any way inconsistent with those expressed in the “Introduction” of “Tashheez-ul-Azhan” for April 1911? A. No. Q. Do you still hold the belief expressed at page 35 of Chapter I of “A’ina-i-Sadaqat” that all those Musalmans who have not rendered bai’at to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Sahib, whether they have heard of him or not, are kafirs and outside the pale of Islam?