What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 34
( 34 ) Taqdir an,d Tadbir are two separate universes, one the concern of · God, the other their own concern, they would not have suffered to the extent to which they have. JEHAD? One very widespread misunder- standing about Ahmadis is that they are de~iers. of I ehad. This is n~t true at. all. Alima dis do not deny ]elr. ad~ Ahmadis. only believe that wars are of two kinds : w a r s which have the status: of I ehad and wars which are just wars. A war of the status of J ehad is one which is undertaken in the defence of religion against an enemy who is out to destroy religion by force or who seeks to change a people's beliefs at the point of the sword. Whenever conditions amounting to this appear in any part of the world, it becomes the duty of every Muslim to join J ehad which is -war jn defence of religion. · ·But