OPEN LETTER

TO
MIRZA TAHIR AHMED
(THE CHIEFTAIN OF QADIANISM)
1996
WRITTEN BY

MR.ZAHID-UR-RASHIDI
Compiled By…………Hafiz Athar Aziz
Translated By…………Ahmed Ali Zafar
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PUBLISHED BY
AL-SHARIAH ACADEMY
HASHMI COLONY, KANGNIWALA,
GUJRANWALA
 List of subjects

1. An Analysis Of The Qadianistic Response

Over The "Open Letter To Mirza Tahir
Ahmed" ........................................... 9

2. Report of the Amnesty international. ...... 14

3. RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES OF THE QADIANISTS

AND THE MUSLIMS.............................. 16

4. NEW PROPHET: NEW RELIGION. ............. 20

5. MUSLIMS' INTERNAL ACCUSATIONS

OFINFIDELITY:- ................................. 22

6. SEPARATE ENTITY OF THE QADIYANISTS .... 25

7. DISTORTION OF NAMES. ....................... 27

8. "TWO QUESTIONS OF CHISTY" ................ 28

OPEN LETTER MR.ZAHID-UR-RASHIDI

TO,
Mirza Tahir Ahmed,
Chief Qadianist,
Tull Ford London.
Peace of Allah be on him who adhered to the Divine
righteousness. It is worth-mentioning that in the annual
report of this year, the Amnesty International has
repeated the allegations of violation of human rights of
the Qadianists in Pakistan and the Govt of Pakistan has
allegedly been held responsible as violator of human
rights, in the shape of judicial proceedings against the
Qadianists. Taking the advantage of addressing you by
letter, I invite your attention on this serious issue
because on one hand, this issue has become an apple of
discord between the Muslims and the Qadianists and an
influential pretext in the hands of International
institutions and Anti-Islamic lobbies, on the other. It is
deemed necessary that you should adopt such
reasonable attitude; after taking into account the
universally admitted facts which may diminish the
intensity of this ill feelings and both the parties may
utilize their all energies in positive objectives, in lieu of
mutual intellectual clashes.
Dear Mirza!
Your grandfather Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian
enunciated a novel claim of Prophethood a century ago
and introduced his fictitious teachings under guise of
new revelations and which were repudiated by all the
intellectual and religious circles of Islamic Ummah. This

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dogma was absolutely dissident to the rudimentary

creed of the finality of the Prophethood and against the
unanimous basic creed of Islam since last 1300 years
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed was declared apostate and non-
Muslim; alongwith all his followers. On the other hand,
the Qadianists deemed it inevitable to believe in the
fictitious revelation of Mirza of Qadian, and the
disobedients were declared as renegades. It was an
indirect settlement that the Muslims and the Qadianists
are two segregate religious disciplines with separate
religious ideologies having no pivot of unity. It is not
only an accidental fact, but an admitted religious
rationale between various religions since thousands of
years which segregates multifarious religions from each
other. The Qadianists are practically negating these lists
and are violating this fact with their stubborn insistence
of claim of being Muslims which is the actual bone of
contention between the Muslims and the Qadianists.
The Qadianists claim that they believe in the Holy
Quran and the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad; hence
they are entitled to be the claimants of Islam, but this
version is not admissible in the historical continuity of
world religions. A glance at history reveals that the
Jews are followers of Torah and the Prophethood of
Hazrat Musa (Peace of Allah on Him). The Christians
have the same religious belief, but they have faith in
the Prophethood of Hazrat Isa (Peace of Allah on Him)
and the Holy Bible. They are termed as the Christians;
albeit they believe in the Torah and Hazrat Musa (Peace
of Allah on Him). The Muslim believe in the Torah,
Bible, Holy Musa and Holy Jesus; alongwith all former

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Holy Messengers of Allah. They can't be termed as the

Jews or Christians, but are designated as Muslims
because they have faith in the Prophethood of Hazrat
Muhammad and the Holy Quran.
This Phenomenon is an historical continuity which
can't be repudiated. The Muslim point of view is an
offshoot of the historical continuity that, as the
Qadianists believe in the Prophethood and fictitious
revelation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian and
consider is a prerequisite for Qadianism and despite
belief in the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet, they
can't be encircled into the sphere of Islam.
Alongwith historical continuity and Admitted rules
of the world religions to have identity and separate
identification among various religions, it is incumbent
upon the Qudianist group to separate itself from the
Muslims and establish separate religious terminology
and symbols so that a separate entity and distinction
may be created between both the religions and none
between the parties could usurp the other's rights.
That's why the Muslim intelligentsia have conceded to
the proposal of the poet of the East Dr. Muhammad
Iqbal that a segregated religious entity should be
established between the Muslims and the Qadianists and
the latter must be termed as the followers of new
religion. Accordingly the constitutional steps were taken
in Pakistan to declare the Qadianists as the non-Muslims
and they were legally prohibited to utilize the name of
Islam and the Muslims' religious symbols and
terminology. These constitutional steps, under the title

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of "violation of the human rights of the Qadianists" are

continuously been mis-interpreted and propagated
against Pakistan and the Muslim world.
Dear Mirza!
So far as human rights are concerned, the actual
situation is entirely different. The preservation of
religious entity and natural identity is a rudimentary
right of the Muslims, like the followers of any other
religion and they are entitled to hinder the usage of
their religious symbols and terminology by the followers
of any other religion. The Muslims are enjoying their
legal privilege, neither they are encroaching someone's
rights nor they are doing any sort of high handedness.
On the contrary the Qadianists, despite considering
themselves separate from the Muslims, are stubbornly
and incessantly injuring the religious identity of the
Muslims by misusing the Islamic symbols and
terminology which is a crystal clear violation of the
humans rights of more than one billion Muslims of the
world. This attitude of the Qadianists is a repudiation of
the admitted rule of the continuity of the history of the
religions and their identities. This is the actual bone of
contention of the present dispute and tension between
the Muslims and the Qadianists. In its contradiction, it
seems appropriate that the attitude of two
contemporary religious movements of Qadianism be
cited here. First one is the movement of black American
leader Alija Muhammad who accepted Islam during this
century and claimed Prophethood and propagated his
religious teachings with reference to his fictitious

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revelation. Despite a large number of followers, the

Muslim Ummah, in general rejected his religious
ideology. His son Waris Din Muhammad, after
ascertaining religious enlightenment, disowned the
apostatic ideas of his father and announced to accept
the general spiritual ideology of Islam and included him
in the general Islamic sphere of Ummah and today he is
leading a big multitude of the genuine and orthodox
Muslims in America. The second movement belongs to
the Babists and Behais of Iran. Their founders
Muhammad Ali Bab and Beha-Ullah who claimed
Prophethood and new revelation and simultaneously in
accordance with the universal rules of world religions,
they separated their religious identity and name from
the Muslims and never insisted on the usage of the
world "Islam" or mis-appropriating the Muslim identity.
That's why, albeit, having fundamental religious
differences, they have no sort of dispute with the
Muslims, as is existing with the Qadianists
Dear Mirza!
It is a crystal-clear reality that the actual reason of
the present strife between the Muslims and the
Qadianists is not the religious differences, but the real
apple of discord is non acknowledgment of the logical
consequences of the religious differences and it is
evidently proved that its all responsibilities lie over the
Qadianist group. Their creed is absolutely different
from that of Muslims and they must abstain from
creation of doubts by using names and terminology of
the Muslims and not to injure the religious entity and

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identity of the Muslims. The Qadianists should use their

own terms and symbols to extirpate the present
tension. It is a humble submission to you that don't
frustrate yourself and the other Muslim world by
sticking to your illogical point of view. It will be better
if you give up your heretic beliefs and join the Muslim
Ummah like reverend Waris Din Muhammad. The whole
Muslim Ummah will extend a warm reception to your
realistic decision. If misfortune is your fate; then
segregate your religious identity from the Muslims and
adopt the legal and valid character of a Non-Muslim
minority; by accepting the democratic verdict of the
elected parliament of Pakistan. Any other alternative
would not be justified or judicious and you will never be
triumphant to achieve your unjustified and immoral
version over Muslims Ummah, with the help of western
regimes or anti Islamic lobbies. I hope that my
submission would invite your proclivities to ponder at
the right and positive spiritual creed.
"Peace is upon Him who followed the path of
righteousness."
with compliments,
Abu Ammar Zahid-ur-Rashidi,
Khateeb Markazi Jamia Masjid
Gujranwala-Pakistan
(This letter was published in the daily "Jang", London on
September 2, 1995 under the title of "The Chief of the
Qadianists, Mirza Tahir Ahmed should pay attention:")

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An Analysis Of The Qadianistic

Response Over The "Open Letter To
Mirza Tahir Ahmed"

The Amnesty International, in its annual report of

1995, mentioned the cases registered again the
Qadiansts in Pakistan and I wrote an open letter to the
Chieftain of Qadianism Mirza Tahir Ahmed and
requested him to accept the admitted facts and
universal truths so that this tension may be eased in a
logical way and international lobbies be devoid of any
opportunity to harm them. In this connection, a
suggestion was offered to the Qadiansts to relinquish
the new Prophet and new revelation and repatriate into
the general body of the Muslims and natural teachings
of Islam. In case of denial, they should accept Islam as a
separate religion and adopt a separate name for their
new religion and a separate religious identity, so that
this tension and dispute may have an end. I referred to
the historical continuity of the world religions that the
acolytes of every new religion had been determining as
the followers of new religions, separate from the
previous. As the Qadianist group has faith in Ghulam
Ahmed as new prophet and believes in his fictitious
revelation, hence it must adopt a new identification for
their new religion. In the open letter, two
contemporary religious movements of Qadianism, the
Behais of Iran and the followers of Alija Muhammad of
America were cited. Muhammad Ali Bab and Beha-Ullah
were also claimants of Prophethood and revelation but
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they honoured the historical continuity of the world

religions and adopted new name and new identity for
their religious ideology. Despite declaration of the
Behais as non-Muslim, the Muslims have no such strife
with them. Alija Muhammad of America was claimant of
Prophethood, but his son Waris Din Muhammad
repudiated the heresy of his father and subjugated to
the orthodoxy and universal truth of Islam.
After these submissions, Mirza Tahir Ahmed was
requested not to retain dubious atmosphere by
insistence over Islam because it deteriorates the
situation and it would be better if he seeks
remuneration of Allah almighty by penitence from his
apostasy. Otherwise he should adopt a separate name
and identity for his religion. This open letter was
published in the daily "Jang", London on September,
02,1995 under the title of "the Chieftain of Qadianism
Mirza Tahir Ahmed should pay attention." While the
monthly "Dar-ul-Uloom" of Deobend, the monthly "Al-
shariah" of Gujranwala, Weekly "Khatam-e-Nabuwat" of
Karachi, Weekly "Laulak" of Faisalabad and the weekly
"Maharat" of Lahore, also published this letter.
The sincerity and seriousness of this letter deserved
the same degree of consideration from Mirza Tahir
Ahmed but no response was received from him even
after a span of six months. Some of the Qadianists
responded to the open letter and tried to answer the
salient points of the open letter. Their detail is as
below.
1. A letter of Mahmud Butt of London was published in
the daily "Jang" London, dated, 23rd September,
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1995.
2. The weekly, "Al-Fazal International" which is
published from London has published a detailed
answer, written by Muhammad Ahmed Hami under
the title of "Delusions and demands of Zahid-ul-
Rashidi." This answer consists of three pages and to
some extent, can be considered as the formal reply
of Mirza Tahir Ahmed.
3. The monthly periodical of the Qadianism, "Al-Taqva"
which is published from London in Arabic language,
has written an editorial of two pages on this letter,
in November 1995.
4. Ch. Muhammad Siddique has posted a letter in reply
from Rabwah which was written in October 1995.
5. The weekly Maharat of Lahore invited public
response, after publishing my letter and the essays
of S.N. Ahmed of Germany, Abu-Noman of Rabwah
and Tahir Shehzad of Lahore were published, in
reply
6. A commentary by "Chisti; a minor worker of Sunny
Tehrik" of Karachi has also been published in the
weekly Maharat. Before analytical review of these
answers two prominent points are worth
mentioning.
 I had been waiting for the formal answer of Mirza
Tahir Ahmed uptil now, as I consider it my moral
right because may actual addressee was Mirza Tahir
Ahmed, but the essay of Thair Shahzad published in
weekly Maharat disclosed the reason, in his
sentence.
"The Chieftain of Qadianism has followers in
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Millions. You have raised such a huge step. Have you the
same number of the followers?" Further writes, "Before
addressing the Chief of Qadianists, you will have to
counter millions of Qadianists."
It shows that according to Qadianistic philosophy of
ethics, it is mandatory to have millions of followers
before addressing Mirza Tahir Ahmed or asking any reply
from him.
 The Qadianists always stress upon ethics and ethical
distinction is always described as a salient
characteristic of Qadianism, but in response to may
open letter, in lieu of serious and critical
appreciation, mostly Qadianists have adopted
reproaching and taunting style which is very queer.
Peculiarly the essay of Muhammad Ahmed Hami,
published in the official periodical of the Qadianism is
an embodiment of Qadianistic approach of "ethical
standards."
A few sentences of the essay are mentioned here:
1. Talking about the activities of the author,
Muhammad Ahmed writes, "Now this year, the wasp
of the term "basic human right" has stung this
person." Simultaneously he admits, "This letter
deserves analytical study and the delusions of this
malicious Mullah be explained."
2. About some other prominent figures of the
"Movement for the finality of the Prophethood", he
writes, "These Mullas got infuriated on the publicity
of inhumanitarian incidents, but such considerations

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are expected where little shame is found."

3. "Such buffoons like, "The conqueror of Qadian", "The
conqueror of Rabwah", and "The conqueror of the
Qadianism" were born in the past and are harping at
the same string, till today."
4. "Babblement in Arabic and Persian does not make a
man scholar."
Mostly answers were written in the same style and
language. It was deemed appropriate to throw these
indecent answers into the dustbin and the open letter
and its answers written by Muhammad Ahmed Hami,
published in "Al-Fazal" be republished in a pamphlet and
decision be left over the reader, but I studied an event
of Mamoon-ul-Rashid which changed my scenario.
Once Mamoon-ul-Rashid called one of his slaves who
replied in a very rude manner. The companions of the
Mamoon felt it ill. On this Mamoon said, "if we keep our
manners upright, The manners of these slaves are
distorted and to keep their manners upright we have to
distort our manners. So to ameliorate other's manners,
why should we adopt bad manners."
Setting aside their cases of manners and
civilizations, I want to have a perusal of the gist of my
open letter and its answers which consist of two parts.
Some are concerned with the ingredients of my letter
and some are absolutely irrelevant. I shall concentrate
only on those points which are answers of the
ingredients of my letter.

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Report of the Amnesty

international.

In my letter I have mentioned the annual report of

the Amnesty International as "this Phenomenon has
become a weapon in the hands of Anti-Islamic lobbies."
Mahmud Butt writes, "If the report of Amnesty
International be rejected as a propaganda of the non-
Muslim lobbies, then what will be the future of reports
about Russia, India, Yugoslavia, Israel and Burma etc."
Mahmud Butt is compelled to see the reports of
Amnesty International or the reports of other
international organizations; working on human rights,
with reference to the Qadianst issue. As he himself is a
Qadianist, so each report of any institution written in
the favour of the Qadianist, seems true to him.
Otherwise the general viewers of Islamic world are very
well conversant with the fact that such organizations of
human rights are fortifications of America and western
countries against the Islamic and the third world. Such
reports attain the vested interests of the relevant
forces. A minor example can be taken, of the
propaganda on International level against Pakistan with
reference to the child labour. The clandestine
perspectives have been disclosed that this move was
financed by the Indian commercial circles which aimed
at to defame the carpet industry of Pakistan in the
International markets. Many programs were telecasted
through electronic media and many of the scenes were

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picturized fictitiously. It is a common observation that

upto the extent of Pakistan, many reports of Amnesty
International are one -sided and the second party is not
consulted even. The American Government, itself
decides about some of the policy matters one sidedly,
obsessed by its ulterior motives. During the tenure of
Richard Mikky as the American counsel in Lahore, I met
him with a delegation of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam.
During discussion, the Qadianistic issue was also
discussed. I asked him that America is supporting the
Qadianists to a high degree of extent while country
level parties are working against the Qadianists in
Pakistan. Specially, "All Parties Action Committee for
the Protection of Finality of Prophethood" is present,
but America has never bothered to ask their point of
view and the decisions are taken one sidedly. This thing
has already been on the record that Mr. Richard Mikky
had no answer of my point. It is my humble submission
to Mahmud Butt that Amnesty International is not a
group of angels and its reports can not be considered as
the ultimate truth. Those reports which does not
accomplish the ethical and judicial requirements are
not mandatory to be accepted.

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RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES OF THE

QADIANISTS AND THE MUSLIMS.

I had written in my letter that the Muslims and the

Qadianists do not belong to one religion and follow
different ideologies and it would be quite natural to
have different designations and different religious
symbols. Moreover all the Islamic world has declared
the Qadianists as Non-Muslims and vice versa. This is a
proof of segregation of their respective religions. On
this point Muhammad Ahmed Hami writes, "We
challenge the unanimous verdict of all religious and
intellectual circles of the Islamic Ummah that Mirza is
out of the sphere of Islam."
Mahmud Butt writes, "it is a height of perfidy that
annunciation of declaration of Non-Muslims is from your
side but the whole blame is attributed to us. Such
treachery, fallacy and imaginary blames are really
tormenting."
It means that according to Muhammad Ahmed Hami,
the Muslim world is not unanimous at the heresy of
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed and according to Mahmud Butt this
thing is beyond reality which is related with the
Qadianists that they term the Muslims as pagans. Now
let's have a perusal of these two points.
So far as the apostasy of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed and
his followers is concerned, it is evidently clear that the
entire Muslims of the globe, their international
organizations, intellectual institutes, religious centers

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and multitudes of Muslim scholars are present. They can

be consulted on this point, for instance.
1. A representative institution of all Islamic
organizations, "Rabita Alam-e-Islami" (Co-ordinator
of Islamic world) has very clearly declared the
Qadianists as Non-Muslims.
2. Jamia Al Azhar has issued the verdict that the
Qadianists are Non-Muslims.
3. All the religious and intellectual institutions of Indo-
Pakistan are unanimous over the paganism of
Qadianism. None among the prominent intellectual
and religious institutions of the Islamic world has
rebutted this general consensus of the Islamic
Ummah. If there is no such precedent, then it is a
requirement of justice that the reality must be
admitted with its logical contents. Hami has
referred Maulana Abu-al-kalam Azad, Maulana Zafar
Ali Khan, Nawab Azam yar Jang, Maulvi Charagh Ali,
Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Khawaja Hassan Nizami
and Maulana Abdul Majid Deryabadi, that all these
dignitaries have acknowledged services of Mirza
Ghulam Ahmed for Islam, but he has surpassed the
rudimentary point that on those days he was not a
claimant of Prophethood and he was competing the
Christian missionaries and frivolous Arya Samaji
ideology as a Muslim preacher, but when he claimed
the Prophethood all the Muslim Notables withdrew-
their sympathies for Mirza. An excellent example is
of Allama M.Iqbal who might have uttered some
sentences of praise for Mirza, but when he
ascertained the reality, he declared Qadianism as a
new edition of Judaism, in his letters to Pundit
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Jawaharlal Nehru. Allama Iqbal was the pioneer who

demanded the declaration of Qadianists as Non-
Muslims. It is an admitted fact that Mirza Ghulam
Ahmed and his followers are considered Non-
Muslims by the entire Muslim world. So far as this is
concerned that the Qadianists never declare the
Muslims as Non-Muslims, I quote a few instances:-

 Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiyani says "Allah has

revealed it upon me that any body who has received
my message and he is reluctant to accept me, is not
a Muslim." (Al-Fazal 15 January 1935).
 Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud who is the son of
Ghulam Ahmed and second chief of Qaianism;
writes, "All the Muslims who had not the oath of
allegiance to Mirza yesterday, albeit they have not
heard the name of Mirza, they are pagans and out of
the sphere of Islam." (Aina-e-Sadaqat Pg 35)
 The second son of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, Mirza
Bashir Ahmed writes, "Every person who believes in
Musa but not is Isa or believes in Isa but not in
Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) or believes in
Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) but not in Mirza
(Masih Ma'ud), he in only pagan, rather definitely
pagan and out of sphere of Islam." (Kalemat-ul-Fasal
Pg 50)
 On the eve of partition of the Sub-Continent, the
Qadianists put up their separate case before the
Redcliff commission, with reference of the
territories of Gurdas pur. They excluded themselves
from Muslims and this atrocity increased the number

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of the Non-Muslims and consequently these

territories were handed over to India. This area was
the only gate way to Kashmir for India and this act
of atrocity helped in the creation of Kashmir
dispute, in the long run.
 The burial prayers of the founder of Pakistan, late
Muhammad Ali Jinnah were led by Sheikh-ul-Islam
Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani. But the then
Qadianist Foriegn Minister Zafarullah Khan denied to
offer the burial prayers and replied on the question
of a journalist, "Consider me a Non-Muslim foreign
Minister of a Muslim Government or a Muslim foreign
Minister of a Non-Muslim Government." This
treachery of Zafarullah Khan was defended by the
Qadianists organ "Al-Fazal" in the words "It is reality
that Abu Talib was a benefactor of the Muslims like
M.A Jinah but neither the Muslims offered his burial
prayer nor the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him)
did so." (Al-Fazal 28 October 1952).
 While discussing the Qadianistic issue in the
National Assembly of Pakistan in 1974, the then
chieftain of Qadianism Mirza Nasir Ahmed very
clearly said on the floor of the Assembly, "We
consider the entire Muslims of the Globe as the Non-
Muslims who do not believe in Mirza Ghulam
Ahmed." In the presence of the above mentioned
realities if Mahmud Butt deems it a fallacy that the
Qadianists don't consider the Muslims as the non-
Muslims, I cannot help praying of righteousness for
him.

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NEW PROPHET: NEW RELIGION.

I had written in my letter that it is an admitted fact

of the continuity of the world religions that each
religion changes with its Prophet. Setting aside the
question of genuineness or falsehood, it is crystal-clear
fact that Mirza Ghulam Ahmed has innovated a new
religion and he has no concern with Islam. It is a logical
requirement that the Qadianists should adopt new
name, symbols and rituals for their new religion which
must be different from those of Islam.
Muhammad Ahmed Hami has one objection that
"Hazrat Haroon was a Prophet but his religion was not
separate from that of Hazrat Musa. Likewise Hazrat
Suleman was a Prophet but his religion was not different
from that of Hazrat Daud."
Apparently this objection seems reasonable but
Hami has neglected a salient point that in my letter, I
have not only mentioned the new Prophethood but I
have talked about new revelation and new Divine book.
Hence the excerpt from my letter is again cited here.
"A glance at history will reveal that the Jews are
followers of Torah and the Prophethood of Hazrat Musa
(Peace of Allah on Him). The Christians have the same
religious belief, but they have faith in the Prophethood
of Hazrat Isa (Peace of Allah on Him) and the Holy
Bible. They are termed as the Christians; albeit they
believe in the Torah and Hazrat Musa (Peace of Allah on
Him). The Muslims believe in the Torah, Bible, Holy

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Musa and Holy Jesus; alongwith all former Holy

Messengers of Allah. They can't be termed as the Jews
or Christians, but are designated as Muslims because
they have faith in the Prophethood of Hazrat
Muhammad and the Holy Quran."
So far as the Prophethood of Hazrat Suleman and
Hazrat Haroon are concerned they had no new Divine
books with them. Hence they could not be designated as
the founders of new religions. Now Hami would
designate Mirza as the member of such class of prophets
but it would be again incorrect for two reasons.
1. The Holy Messenger of Allah Hazrat Muhammad
(Peace Be Upon Him) has negated any sort of
Prophethood after him. That is why Musailmah was
discarded by the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him)
who despite following the Holy Prophet claimed a
new Prophethood.
2. Mirza Ghulam Ahmed and his followers would not
accept this position because Mirza is a claimant of a
huge number of divine injunctions which has
rebutted even the elementary concept of Islam like
Jihad. It is again submitted for Hami that the dogma
of change of Prophet changes the religion is not set
by me, but it is a historical rule which is confessed
by the second chieftain of Qadianism Mirza Bashir-
ud-Din Mahmud. On 30th December 1915, he
delivered a speech in Masjid-e-Aqsa in which he said
"When Allah Almighty observed their plight, he sent
another prophet whose advent created a new
religion. In this way prophet came after prophet and

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the creation of group after group started.

Consequently there are thousands of religions
present in the world today." (Anwar-e-Khilafat Pg
157). If I have termed the Qadianists as followers of
new prophet with new religion, I have sought
guidance from the universal rule of historical
continuity of the world religions. Mirza Bashir-ud-
din Mahmud also agrees with me on this point.

MUSLIMS' INTERNAL
ACCUSATIONS OF INFIDELITY:-

S.N Ahmed, Abu Noman and Muhammad Ahmed

Hami have mentioned the Muslims' Internal accusations
of infidelity and cited this phenomenon as a reference
that many Clans of Muslims accuse of infidelity against
each other and if all such verdicts are collected;
Muslims would hardly be found and if the Muslim
scholars have declared the Qadianists as Non-Muslims, it
is not a serious issue.
This point needs a profound analysis and a careful
heed, because it is a common matter of thinking that if
many groups would declare one another as pagans then
what would be the fate of such declarations and if these
verdicts are baseless then why the verdicts against the
Qadianists are so much influential. Here two points are

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note-worthy.
1. The reason on which one group is declaring pagan to
the other. Whether they are really paganistic or
not.
2. The group on which the accusations are implicated,
what is its version. If the practices are paganistic
and the concerned group continuously confesses its
commission, then that verdict would be implicated
and its promulgation would be undubious. But if the
practices are insufficient to reach the paganistic
ranks or the concerned group denies to practice
them, then according to the legal norms, the
benefit of doubt would favour the accused. Which
helps in the acquittal of numberless accuseds from
the courts. The benefit of doubt is only achievable
where doubt is present and in absence of doubt no
criminal is allowed to take the advantage of it. I
quote a common example of two major religious
factions of Pakistan, i.e. Deobandis and Brelvis.
Some Brelvi scholars have given the verdict of
heresy against some of Deobandi scholars because
they say that blasphemy against the Holy Prophet
(Peace Be Upon Him) is paganism and some of the
writings of the Deobandi writers have such
elements. Hence they are Non-Muslims. In this case
the Brelvis are the complainants and the Deobandies
are the accuseds. According to the version of the
Deobandi scholars blasphemy against the Holy
Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is absolute paganism
but the Brelvis have misinterpreted them and are
unable to ascertain its essence. In this case both the
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parties agree that blasphemy against the Holy

Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is paganism but they
differ at its interpretation, not of rules. So it is a
dispute of interpretation not of rule. Simultaneously
the Deobandi scholars have issued the verdict that
to join in the personal attributes of Allah Almighty
is polytheism and paganism. Some of the Brelvi
scholars have given vent to such expressions which
come in the realm so the believers of such belief
are non- Muslims. In this case, the Deobandis are
the complainants and the Brelvis are the accuseds.
According to the Brelvis, to join somebody in the
attributes of Allah Almighty is an open paganism but
the Deobandies have misinterpreted such writings.
Here both the groups agree on the base but they are
bifurcated on the interpretation. In the above
mentioned both the cases, there is no difference on
principles but they are opposing each other on
interpretation. If these cases would be referred to
any court, both the parties would be acquitted on
the benefit of doubt and their versions on the
principles I would discard their mutual verdicts of
paganism. On the contrary, the dispute between the
Muslims and the Qadianists is absolutely different.
Here the Muslims are the complainants and
according to their version, the claim of Prophethood
and revelation after the Holy Prophet (Peace Be
Upon Him) is paganism. As Mirza Ghulam Ahmed
claimed Prophethood, so he and his followers are
Non- Muslims. This version has made the Qadianists
accuseds. They are absolutely denying this principle

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that the claim of Prophethood after the Holy

Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is paganism. Here
difference between the Muslims and the Qadianists
is of principle not of interpretation. In this case
position of the Qadianists is of that accused who is
denying the legality of that act by which he is
declared as the accused and the accused who
denies the basic-law cannot be given the benefit of
doubt. The mutual differences are once again
reiterated. On one side is an accused who bows
before the law but is defending him by denying the
accusation of its violation. While on the other side
there is a criminal whose violation of the law is
above-board and is challenging the authenticity of
law itself. So neglecting case of Qadianism under
the pretext of internal Muslim strife would be a
clear extirpation of basic legal norms.

SEPARATE ENTITY OF THE

QADIANISTS

In my letter I advised Mirza Tahir Ahmed to accept

the entity of Non-Muslims because they have a separate
religion from the Muslims and they should defend their
logical rights, which they have by this entity This advice
proved a red rag to the bull for all the responders,
which is not justified. As it is a settled fact between
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both the parties that their religions are different so the

name and religious terminology of Islam can be utilized
by only one group. If we ponder at the statement of
Zafarullah Khan at the burial ceremony of founder of
Pakistan M.A Jinah that, "Consider me a Non-Muslim
Foreign Minister of a Muslim Government or a Muslim
Foreign Minister of a Non-Muslim Government." The
theme of this statement would justify that which party
is entitled to utilize the name and terminology of Islam.
One party is entitled to it since last 1400 years while
the other party is claiming for it since only one century
ago.
What will be the natural justice in this case? Of
course each and every forum would deprive the
Qadianists of their false claims. It will be an interesting
fact for the Qadianists that separate entity of the
Qadiyanists and their minority rights is not only the
demand of Allma Iqbal or the Muslims but is the demand
of Qadianist Chief Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud also. In
his statement, in "Al-Fazal", on 13 November 1946, he
said, "I have approached a higher English official
through my representative that like the Christians and
the Zoroastrians our rights be acknowledged. That
officer replied that they are minorities and your are a
sect. Then I requested that the Christians and
Zoroastrians are also sects. Hence in legal capacity we
should be dealt like them." This statement discloses an
other clandestine motive
The Qadianist chief demanded minority rights while
the official advised him to be a religious sect which

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shows that who is the actual man behind the curtain

and which are the forces who want to keep the
Qadianists among the Muslim ranks, despite having
different ideologies. So the Qadianists should not insist
on separate entity and minority rights but should openly
accept it as a logical end of their religious activities.
Because there is no reasonable alternate available for
them.

DISTORTION OF NAMES.

Ch.Muhammad Siddique of Rabwah has complained

in his postal reply that the Qadiyanists chose the title of
"Muslim Ahmedia Jama'at" (Muslim Qadianists group) so
why do you distort their name as Qadianists or
Mirzaites, while in the Holy Quran the distortion of
name is prohibited. It is my submission that it is a
settled rule that any body or any group is independent
in the selection of names and that will be the identity
of that person or group and if some other person or
group adopts such name which may affect the identity
of the other, the effected party has the right to object.
The permanent rules of registration of name and trade
mark are prevalent throughout the world, in this
connection. There aim is to hinder the duplication of
the name and identity, e.g, the name of our country is
Pakistan and if any other country would select this

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name and uses it for identification, we will object and

all the just and judicious nations would second our point
of view.
It must be in the knowledge of Ch. Muhammad
Siddique that the use of name or trade mark is legally
prohibited and such attempts is termed as the
"fraudulent act" in the eyes of law and if the human
rights are seen in this reference, the result would be
against the report of the Amnesty International because
practically the Qadianists are misusing the name,
terminology and identity of the Muslims throughout the
world and thus they are violating the basic human rights
of the Muslims. So we are reluctant to allow them of
this practice. My second submission to Ch.Muhammad
Siddique is that we have not designated the Qadianists
as Mirzaites. This name had been adopted by their
elders. On 17 January 1907 the Qadianist paper, "Badar"
has written that during the life of Mirza Ghulam Ahmed,
he was eulogized in the annual congregation of Qadian
in the Following Verse,
[Who has disclosed the secrecies of the Christianity,
indeed he is the only being, who is staunch Mirzaite].

"TWO QUESTIONS OF CHISTY"

The weekly "Maharat" has published an essay written

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by Chishty. Full name of Chishty is not described. Only

attributive title of a "Humble worker of Sunny Tehrik" is
written. It is an attempt to give the impression that the
writer comes of Brelvi school of thought which is against
reality. Absence of name of writer and the style of
writing clearly shows that the name of Chishty is used
for impersonation. The writer has given the remarks
that the Qadianists and the Deobandis are two different
names of the same thing. We hand over these remarks
to the court of history without further comments
because the screen of history is not so much dim which
can't clarify the reality. Any how two questions of the
writer are worth mentioning.
1. I wrote in my letter that on the basis of new
Prophethood and new revelations, Judaism is
different from Christianity, Christianity is different
from Islam and subjected to this criterion,
Qadianism is different from Islam on the basis of
new prophet and new revelation. The writer has the
objection that, "Is Zahid-ul-Rashidi not openly
assaulting that Judaism Christianity, Islam and
Qadianism are placed on one line of truth and in
this way he is including Qadianism in true religions."
It is my submission to the writer (Chishty) that in my
open letter I have not touched the question of
truth. I have talked about general bodies of the
religions and the acknowledgment of existence of a
religion does not equalizes to its truth. Sikh religion
has an independent entity which took birth after
Islam.

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The teachings of its founder Baba Guru Nanak had

got a great impact of Muslim saints. He founded a
new religion, got followers and a new religion
existed. The Muslims acknowledge it as religion and
while describing the world religions, Sikhism is
mentioned alongwith Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam. It does not mean that this religion is likewise
true. Qadianism is a separate religion. It has
millions of followers and its entity is a visible reality
but it does not fall in the line of true religions.
Truth or falsehood is a separate issue and existence
of manifold religions and their Co-relationship is a
separate issue and if the writer is unable to
ascertain the difference then what we can do?
2. The writer has asked that we are demanding the
Qadianists to adopt separate name and religious
symbol, but it was not felt necessary to demand this
thing from the Christians or the Christians had
demanded this thing from Muslims. I say no, and it
was because of the only reason that the Christians
and the Muslims honoured the historical rules of
continuity of the world religions and adopted
separate names and symbols and the necessity of
such demand was not felt. This is first time in
history that we are demanding the Qadianists to
adopt the separate name and religious symbols,
because of violation of admitted historical
teachings. It has come into practice first time. New
religion-new revelation but the identity is previous
one, which is a big mischief.

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After my submission, I reinvite Mirza Tahir Ahmed

and his followers with all sincereties that they should
review the situation with earnest seriousness and
acknowledge the admitted facts and their logical
consequences. I close my submission with the last para
of my open letter.
"It is humble submission to you that don't frustrate
yourself and the other Muslim world by sticking to your
illogical point of view. It will be better if you give up
your heretic beliefs and join the Muslim Ummah like
reverend Waris Din Muhammad. The whole Muslim
Ummah will extend a warm reception to your realistic
decision. If misfortune is you fate; then segregate your
religious identity from the Muslims and adopt the legal
and valid character of a non-Muslim minority; by
accepting the democratic verdict of the elected
parliament of Pakistan. Any other alternative would not
be justified or judicious and you will never be
triumphant to achieve your unjustified and immoral goal
against the Muslim Ummah, with the help of western
regimes or anti Islamic lobbies."
I hope that instead of traditional reaction, Mirza
Tahir Ahmed and his acolytes would ponder at my
sincere invitation.
I pray Allah Almighty to guide them towards virtuous
righteousness.
"Accept! my Allah Almighty. The sustainer of the
worlds."

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