True Insights into the Concept of Khatm-e-Nubuwwat — Page 101
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 101 ] Qadiani sect [He means, Ahmadiyyat]. ( The Muslim Community —A Sociological Study by Dr. ‘All a mah Iqb a l, published by Maktaba-e-‘ A liyah, Urdu Bazar, Lahore, p. 23) Look at what has happened to those who believe in their version of ‘ Khatm-e-Nubuwwat. ’ They are all at odds with each other. But those who, according to your assertion do not believe in it, are declared as a model of Islamic culture by your ‘Thinker of Islam. ’ This theory, that belief in ‘ Khatm-e-Nubuwwat ’ pro- vides the foundation of Islamic culture and civilization, is altogether fictitious and fabricated. Culture and lifestyle vary from place to place across Muslim countries. Marriage ceremonies are different. The way the veil is observed or not observed, is different. In short, in all their habits, their dress, their customs, they all differ. Muslims in Indonesia, Africa, Czechoslovakia, Finland and Hungary all differ. When Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan, they proclaimed that though they are Muslims—believing in Khatm-e- Nubuwwat —their culture is different. Further, the religious beliefs are different. Even the modes of worship have diverged. Some offer their prayers with arms by their sides. Others say prayers with arms folded up on the chest; fingers have been chopped off for differences in practice and pronouncements of apostasy