What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 38
( 38 ) the oneness of God, ·the Message of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, the Quran, the Ha<lith and all. . the ordinances· · of Islam relat_i~g to. . institutional' and other·· prayers, the fasts, the haj·:. and the judg- ment day with all that it entails. : The questio~ they seem· to ask is : Why have Ahmadis, who are like· other Muslims i~ every respect, n,everthel~s organised themselves int!l a; new sect, a. new move- ment, a new Jamaat? The beliefs and· actions of Ahmadis are not in question : i~ i,s- the making of a new J amaat or a new. organisation. If Ahmadi~. do p. ot diffey ,from ordinary M11:slims in_ any im. . portant relig~~US :belief Ot', any important conception of --~eligious duty, why:·_have. t~ey. constituted. . t~mselves into -a. sepa- rate party?· If there -is, no serious differ. . enc~. why insist on. separate. existence? A: NJ;i:W JAMAAT? Tbis is an important question and c~n be answered in two ways. we- m~y