The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 3
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 3 ] The Promised Messiah as —A Great Muj a hid of Islam If this argument is to be analysed accurately, there are certain issues which must be resolved. Firstly, if the Promised Messiah as announced the abrogation of jihad for the sake of achieving British objectives, then what were those objectives, and how were they fulfilled in him? Secondly, under what circumstances did the Promised Messiah as announce the ‘abrogation of jihad ’? What dangers surrounded the political situation of the British government at the time, such that they desired the abrogation of jihad ? There are still other aspects that I have noted point by point in my mind. Insh a’ Allah, I will shed some light on all of them. The first thing that needs to be considered is that if the government wanted to make the Promised Messiah as abrogate jihad —and it thereby wanted to prevent Muslims from engaging in jihad —then it would not have asked him to simultaneously make such claims that earned the enmity of the entire nation. There were times when scholars were lauding him, saying that the Muslim world—from the passing of the Holy Prophet sa to the present—has never seen one who has strived for the cause of Islam like him. Then he made claims that suddenly turned the tables, and even friends turned into enemies. Blood relatives turned bloodthirsty. With a single claim in a single night, a change occurred that left the Promised Messiah as in a situation in