Truth About the Split — Page 12
12 mention of my name has been of a kind not sanctioned by honourable men while making personal references. In the work under reply, although there are comparatively fewer instances of such verbal strictures, yet the author has not failed to apply to me such opprobrious epithets as Zal (pervert) and Muzil (one who causes others to go astray from the path of Islam), as will be noticed by every reader of the book. In the same book the author has mentioned my name as M. Mahmud. It is not clear what he means by that form of address. I shall, however, continue to deal honourably with him, and although the insulting tone which he has assumed and which seems to grow more and more unbearable, calls for the use of stronger language. I shall take care not to imitate him or to transgress the bounds of propriety. Argument from the Parallelism between Ahmadiyyat and Christianity After drawing the attention of my readers to the manner of Maulawi Muhammad Ali’s writing I shall next proceed to meet the points raised by him in his work under review. Maulawi Muhammad Ali has opened his book with the observation that since the Ahmadiyya Movement is a counterpart of Christianity, it was necessary for the maintenance of