73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at — Page 20

73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 20 1903. ” Then in India where the founder of this Jama’at resided resemblance to this event was manifested in 1905 when the Promised Messiah (as) visited Amritsar and is recorded by Friedmann [18] as well as by Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - Din Mahmud Ahma d (ra) whom I shall quote from his book “Hazrat Ahmad, The Promised Messiah” [19]. “The carriage was brought up to a side door of the apartment, and the Promised Messia h (as) proceeded to occupy it. As he was going to seat himself, this became known to people, and such of them as were standing outside the lecture hall advanced towards him, and one of them struck at him with a thick heavy stuff. One of his disciples who was near by at once placed himself between the Promised Messia h (as) and the assailant to ward off the blow. Fortunately the carriage door was opened and the stuff stuck against it and the gentleman escaped with only a slight injury. As soon as the Promised Messiah had taken his seat the carriage started. The mob rained a shower of stone s at it. ” The next generation saw this event repeated in the time of Hazrat Mirza Bashir - ud - Din Mahmud Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih I I (ra). After Hazrat Khalifatul Masih II (ra) made a claim to be the promised son of the Promised Messia h (as) , he held several public lectures and gatherings in various cities of the Indian subcontinent in early 1940’s and at several of these occasions public pelted Ahmadi Muslims with stones. The severest of them