Truth About the Split — Page 135
135 question of Kufr (unbelief) of those who did not formally accept the Bai‘at (oath of allegiance) of the Promised Messiah as ; and that although it is stated by me that the article which I wrote on this subject, was shown to Khalifatul Masih I ra the way in which the Khalifa understood the article was clear from a latter announcement, issued by Khwaja Kamaluddin and signed by the Khalifa. In this announcement it was explained that my article could be accepted only if it was interpreted as meaning "that those who did not accept the Promised Messiah as were only deniers of, or unbelievers in the Promised Messiah as and not actually outside the pale of Islam. " Before I proceed to criticise this statement of Maulawi Muhammad Ali in the light of what actually happened I wish to draw the attention of the readers to the statement itself. The gist of Khwaja Kamaluddin’s article, reproduced by Maulawi Muhammad Ali, is so devoid of sense that it can hardly fail to surprise the intelligent reader. What sense can there be in the statement that those who did not accept the Promised Messiah as were deniers of the Promised Messiah as ? Can anybody in his senses think it possible that one might not accept the Promised Messiah as and yet be a believer in the Promised Messiah as ? If this and nothing more, was to be understood by my article,