The Riots of 1953 — Page 67
67 Q. Is your juma‘at a purely religious party or a political party as well? A. The juma‘at is primarily a religious party but it has been gifted by Allah with brains which cannot remain idle whenever a political issue comes up before it. Q. Did you in your Friday sermon at Quetta make the speech Ex. D. E. 324 as reported in the “Alfazl” dated 13th August 1948? A. Yes. Q. What did you mean when you said the following in this speech: )وبضمط BASE اری ( ہ � ت ب � ب وہیتکس � ی ف اکمیاب � ت � ت ت اُس و� ف ع ی �بل� ت � �“یاد روھک 14 ی ےہ. ” ت پھ�یل� � ف ع ی �بل� ت � )وبضمط وہ وت BASE ہن وہ. ےلہپ ( A. The words speak for themselves. Q. And what did you mean when you said that Baluchistan should be converted to Ahmadiyyat so that at least one province can be called as our own? A. There are two reasons for it, (1) that the grandfather of the present Nawab of Qalat was an Ahmadi and (2) that Baluchistan is a small province. Q. Did you say the following in you Friday sermon published in the “Alfazl” of 23rd October 1948, Ex. D. E. 210: ارا یہ ہ اتکس. � ی � ی ف ارے اہوھتں ےس لکن � ہ � ی اجاتن وہں ہک اب � ی وصہب � ی “م 15 “. � ی � سک�ت ی ف � ف ی� ھ� پ � رکلم یھب اب � ی العہق ی ی ا یک اسری وقم ف اکشر وہاگ. د� A. Yes, but these words should not be taken in their literal sense. The reference here is to the future and what I intended to say was that because an Ahmadi army officer had been killed in that province, that province was bound to become Ahmadi. Q. Is Rabwah an exclusive Ahmadiyya colony?