Through Force or Faith? — Page 50
?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI 50 to buttress their contention that Islam is a religion that they are making it out to be. In any case, how Muslims should truly respond to such actions is that they should apply Islamic teachings upon themselves more than ever before so as to silence the world on its own, and invoke salutations upon the Holy Prophet s as through which his follow- ers can advance in spirituality and thereby present his pristine example before the world. But today, if anyone can do this, it is only the Ahmad i s who have accepted the true disciple of the Holy Prophet s as. If anyone can answer the critics, it is the Ahmad i s. If anyone can show the sublime teachings of Islam to the world, it is the Ahmad i s. Therefore, it is the obligation of every Ahmad i that he strives harder than ever before in this regard, and he sends salutations on the Holy Prophet s as ever more. At the time that Rushdie wrote the infamous book, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV ra had our Mohamed Arshad Ahmedi write a book in its rebuttal. The title of the book was Rushdie—Haunted by His Unholy Ghosts. I have asked that it again be made available, because it was not in stock; or if it was, it was only a small supply. Some changes also had to be made. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV rta had given some instructions and explanation to him in regard to the addition of a chapter. I had told him to publish it again. Some time ago, a publishing company, that I do not recall the name of, did publish it and they are marketing it also. Now the Jam ā ‘at is also publishing it. It will be available soon, God willing. It has been translated into Urdu. It should be given to the educated and serious audience so that reality is known to the world. Thus, this is the service by which the high morals of Islam will become known