73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at

73 Divisions in Islam and One True Jama'at — Page 22

73 DIVISIONS IN ISLAM AND ONE TRUE JAMA’AT 22 Next I would like to discuss some of the collective persecution Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions received at the hands of opponents and show the same type of persecution extended towards Ahmadis by all the 72 sections of Islam. One of the action which people of Mecca resorted to in order to put pressure on Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) and his companions to try and force them to denounce their faith and its preaching is recorded by Watt [25] as: “With the formation of a grand alliance a boycot t of clans of Hashim and al - Muttalib was instituted. None of the other clans was to have any business dealings with them, and there was to be no intermarriages. ” Is this alliance and boycott any different than the one recorded by Munir Report [26] and Friedmann [27]. Friedmann states: “All Pakistan Muslim Parties convention was held in Karachi in January 1953. The convention was attended by leading Muslim ‘ulama’. Some of them represented organizations, such as the Jama’at - i Islami, the Jamiyyat al - ulama - i Islam and others. The conventi on resolved to resort to “direct action,” demanded the resignation of the prime minister of Pakistan, and declared a total boycot t of the Ahmadis. ” A total social boycott of Ahmadi Muslims was also announced and implemented in 1974 throughout Pakistan [28]. The price Hazrat Bila l (ra) paid for reciting the Kalimah is known