The True Islamic Concept of Jihad — Page 9
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 9 ] jihad , even though there was no thought of jihad among the Muslims. When I explain to you the state of the Muslims, their thinking, and their pleas to the British, you will be very surprised. The propaganda about jihad was a unilateral aggression by these priests, which is the proof of their hostility against Islam. These priests wanted to crush the Muslims in India, and they wished that the power of the Hindus be strengthened. The Hindus did the same thing by repeatedly advising the British that the Muslims posed a real danger. The Hindus asked the British to completely annihilate the Muslims, who had already been crushed. They wanted to completely remove the idea of rising from the hearts of the Muslims. It was in response to the accusations of Reverend ‘Im a d-ud-D i n, the former imam of the J a mia Mosque, A gra, that the Promised Messiah as writes: There is no falsehood or accusation greater than the allegation which this critic has made that the Qur’ a n incites to jihad without any necessary conditions. The Holy Qur’ a n only allows fighting with those who stop God’s people from believing in Him, entering in His faith, carrying out His commandments, and wor- shipping Him. It commands us to fight against such people who fight against Muslims without any rea- son, turn believers out of their homes and lands, make people enter their faith by force, attempt to nullify the religion of God, and stop people from