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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

QADIANI KAFFIRS AND PAKISTAN MOVEMENT-PART-2

Nehru Supports Zafarullah

Relations between Qadianis and the Congress leaders were very cordial in the last phase of the independence movement. Pandit Nehru proposed the name of Sir Zafarullah from British India for the Presidentship of International Court of Justice. The British Government fully supported him. The UK Nationalist Group also nominated him as one of the four candidates on the UK list. But American Delegation to the UN withdrew its supports at the last moment infavour of a Polish candidate and he could not succeed in the contest. Nehru also had in mind his name as future Chief Justice of India. 

Cabinet Mission

It was announced in the British Parliament on 19 February 1946 that a 3-man Cabinet Mission would visit India to find a solution to the Indian problem. The Mission arrived at Delhi on 24 March 1946. It held prolonged discussions with the leaders of Indian parties to produce an agreed solution. On 5 April 1946 Mirza Mahmud wrote an article in AlFazl, Qadian under the title: Parliamentary Mission and Duty of Indians in which he stated:


‘Many Ahmadis have asked me shy the members of the Mission had not given an opportunity to Ahmadis to explain their point of view? My reply is (a) we are a religious and not a political organization. Still the Commission has provided an opportunity to Organizations of Christians to give their point of view. (b) We and Muslims will be in the same boat. (c) We are a minority. Anyhow we have been making far greater sacrifices in the War as compared with other organizations of India.’  He emphatically brought to the notice of the Mission that Britain could be guilty if it created a situation where a minority could not get its due rights. He concluded with a note that Hindu Muslim issue could be solved in a just way. He had always been a protagonist of the principle of the British Empire and believed it to be far superior to the then established International League or the UNO. The system might require a change but it could not be called a subjection to the foreign rule if we shared with it. However, ultimately there should be a mutual agreement among different parts of India and with that of the British Empire, he maintained. On the basis of that agreement Hindus and Muslims could live together as they had been living in the past hundreds of years. He assured the Hindus that his heart was with them and he eagerly desired a mutual agreement between them and Muslims of India so that these stepbrothers could live like real brothers. He finally remarked:


‘I firmly believe that every possible effort must be made to keep India united. Had there been a separation it would not have been a real one and should ultimately result in the unity of India.’ (Italics added)  This article was given the shape of tract and was sent to Maulana Azad, Mahatma Gandhi and the Quaid. It was also circulated in the Muslim Convention, Delhi and the public meeting organized by the Muslim League at the Urdu Park, Delhi. 

Provisional Government

On 12 August 1946 Lord Wavell invited the Congress President Pandit Nehru to form a Provisional Government with the League, if possible. The Quaid refused to join the Cabinet on the plea that the Cabinet Mission Plan had been accepted by the League and rejected by the Congress. Logically, therefore, the Muslim League should have been called upon to form an Interim Government. The League, therefore, decided to pass a resolution for direct action and condemned the Congress and the British for the breach of faith with the Muslim. Direct Action Day was observed on 16 August. On 2 August, Mirza Mahmud advised the Muslim League to change its present complexion of being sole representative party of the Muslims and turn itself into the National League by bringing in its fold some non-Muslim communities like Parsees, Sikhs and Christians. The League was proposed to adopt a flexible attitude to accommodate other organizations,   and prove itself a political and not a religious party. It was obviously an attempt to find place for Qadianis in the League.
Qadianis came out with their criticism and condemnation of the Direct Action Programme on the ground that ‘Ahmadis were not bound to accept it as it went contrary to their religious beliefs and there was no obligation on their part as the League had not entered into any alliance with them.’  
In late August 1946, Mirza Mahmud instructed Bashir Ahmad, Advocate Lahore, to revive the activities of its paramilitary organization, the National League, to play its due role in the then prevailing circumstances.   The object was to provide support to the British Government to meet Direct Action threat and save Ahmadis from militant attacks. Qadianis were already very active in detecting INA ‘spies’ and had set up their well-knit espionage system as an arm of the British Intelligence in India and the Far East especially in Japan.

Delhi Plan

The Government formed by Pandit Nehru took office on 2 September, 1946. The League refused to participate in the Interim Government. AlFazl wrote that ‘the Congress had not taken a wise step, it should have taken Muslims into confidence for a Hindu-Muslim rapprochement.’  On 23 September 1946 Mirza Mahmud left for Delhi on a political mission. He was accompanied by Mirza Bashir Ahmad, A.R.Dard, Dr Hashmatullah, Mirza Sharif Ahmad, Ch.Asadullah, (brother of Sir Zafarullah), Zulfiqar Ali, Ch Muzafar Din, and Sufi Abdul Qadeer. He met the leading political leaders viz. the Quaid, Gandhi, Azad, Nawab Bhopal, Nehru, besides some foreign journalists. He wished to see the Viceroy but was not able to do so due to his prior commitments. He, however, sent him a few letters explaining his point of view on the then prevailing political deadlock. He was urging the British to keep in view the future of Ahmadi loyalists while transferring power to the Congress and the League. A.R Dard called on the Private Secretary to the Viceroy and handed him a letter from Mirza Mahmud.  
In late 1946, AlFazl emphatically urged on Ahmadis to do their utmost to bring Muslims into the fold of Ahmadiyyat. Minimum target fixed for every Ahmadi was to make one convert. AlFazl also made Qadianis understand in the customary way that God had already decided to create a new heaven and earth for Ahmadiyya Community through His Promised Messiah and His Caliphs and Jama'at. It alluded to the establishment of Qadiani State in some part of India.
Mirza Mahmud also met Khan Bahadur Ali Quli Khan, former Political Agent NWFP. Nawab Chattari, a former Governor of UP, sent a telegram from Aligarh expressing his cooperation and appreciation for his ‘Mission.’ Sir Agha Khan sent him a similar telegram from Europe. One special aspect of his visit to Delhi was his secret meetings with the officials of the British Intelligence. This is ‘confirmed’ from a top-secret letter, which was written by the Punjab Intelligence Chief to the Chief of the British Secret Service, London on 8 July 1947. We will refer to it later on.
In its September 1946 issue, AlFazl urged the Muslim League leadership to send a common appeal to Hazrat Imam Jama'at Ahmadiyya, Mirza Mahmud Ahmad, requesting him to give advice on political issues like Direct Action. Through his leadership, Muslims could get their political rights without shedding blood and creating unrest in country. The paper made it clear that the proposal had been made in good faith. Any how, it was destined that ‘Jama'at Ahmadiyya must have a special position by the year 1948, as stated by its Imam (Mirza Mahmud).’  The nature of Mirza Mahmud’s mission and his desire to find place for Qadiani Community in the Muslim League can be seen from his letter which he wrote to Mr. M.A. Jinnah on 6 October 1946 from Delhi on the induction of the League in the Interim Government by the British.
Following is the text of the letter. 


"I am very glad to hear that after all the present negotiations are nearing a settlement. I have all along been of the opinion that though we should never loose sight of our ideal or slacken our struggle for it, we should at the same time be ready to accept a compromise (for Islam allows compromise on such occasions) provided it is honorable and leaves us free to continue lawful struggle for further achievement. This is what is popularly known as accepting a thing under protest. As the Interim Government has immense power for good and evil, I was naturally very anxious that some way might be found for the Muslims to get in and I am glad that your good handling of the situation and cooperation of influential friends have made that possible. If no further hitch crops up and a settlement is finally reached, which we could hope and pray for, I would draw your attention to the great need of strengthen and expanding the organization of the Muslim League. To begin with five things seem to be essential:
    • Organizing the Center, the Provinces and the Districts on a firmer and more representative basis
    • Laying out a scheme for permanent income.
    • Strengthening Muslim Press at the Center and in Provinces.
    • Setting up Central League Organization for helping Muslims in the fields of commerce, industry, etc.
    • Extending and consolidating foreign relations.


There is, of course, a very vast field of work but even if a modest beginning is made the foundation will be laid for future progress and prosperity. May God help you! The expanded organization will be beneficial in another way also. There is at present a fairly large number of capable Muslims who are ready or rather eager to serve the cause of Islam and Muslims in India. The expanded organization will open the door for absorbing them; otherwise they might become gradually alienated and even discontented and some of them may eventually turnout to be a source of mischief.
I did not perhaps inform you that the very day I met you, I sent a note to H.E. the Viceroy telling him that the Muslim League demands had the full sympathy and support of my community."  Mirza Mahmud’s sole purpose of visit to Delhi was to find some place for his Jama'at. He could neither influence the Congress leadership nor the League had any soft corner for him. He claimed that through his prayers the hearts of the leaders of political parties had melted and they came to an understanding on the question of interim government. Qadianis claim that Mirza Mahmud was instrumental in creating a situation in consultation with Mr. Jinnah and with the cooperation and assistance of His Highness the Nawab of Bhopal, in which the way was opened for the Muslim League to be invited to join the interim Government on terms acceptable to Mr.Jinnah.  It is totally untrue. It can neither be substantiated from Ahmadiyya record nor from other independent sources. Mirza Mahmud himself admits that Gandhi and Nehru were not prepared to listen to him nor gave least value to his (self-styled) mediation move. All credit goes to Nawab of Bhopal for his selfless efforts. In October 1946 the League finally consented, at the Viceroy’s persuasion, to join the Interim Government to safeguard the Muslim interests. But it refused to enter the Constituent Assembly provided by the Cabinet Mission Plan till such time as the Congress accepted the Plan unequivocally, unreservedly and in toto. A hastily called conference of the three parties, the Congress, the League and Akali Dal in London did not make much headway. By the close of 1946, communal riots broke out in Bengal, Bihar and the Punjab. The Interim Government was heading towards failure. The Congress set about pulling wires in India and London and succeeded in securing the withdrawal of the Viceroy. A time limit was set for the withdrawal from India by the British Government (June 1948) and Lord Mountebattan arrived in India as the new Viceroy to work out the details of the transfer of power.
On 13 October 1946 the Muslim League decided to join the Interim Government and the next day Mirza Mahmud Ahmad left for Qadian. He gave the details of his visit to Delhi in an address to his community, which throws light on his political aspirations:


"No doubt it is the duty of the Government to consult us and take care of our rights. We are 7 to 8 lacs in number in India but are scattered in such a way that our voice is unheard. The League does not entertain our participation while we do not want to join the Congress. On the other hand, Parsees are only 3 lacs in number and the Government has taken a Parsee Minister in the Central Government. Their community has also been given official recognition while we are twice in number and even greater than that. I told a British officer in Delhi, although we do not complain, yet the Government has taken an unjust decision. They have recognized the political entity of Parsees but not of Ahmadis. I challenged him that I could produce two Ahmadis against each Parsee. Since our Jama'at does not agitate and keep silent that is why its right are not protected. Also my representative gave a reply to him that no doubt Ahmadis were a religious community but they had to live in India and were affected by the political conditions of the country. Another answer to that could be that Parsees and Christains were also religious communities and they had been given representation on religious and not on political grounds … we are scattered all over India and that is the reason we could not get one tenth of our due rights."  Had Ahmadis adopted a clear-cut policy by calling themselves a non-Muslim minority like Parsees, their political rights would have been much safer in free states! The Qadiani opportunist, Mirza Mahmud also wrote another letter to Mr. M.A. Jinnah on 27 October 1946 from Qadian on the League’s acceptance of portfolios in the Interim Government:
'The new allotment of Portfolios has been announced. Though their distribution is not equitable yet I must congratulate you on your successful efforts. The important portfolios like Defense, External Affairs, Home etc. are still with the Congress. One of them especially the Defense or the Supply ought to have been given to the Muslim League. However the Muslim League representatives will follow your advice and work assiduously till the rights of Muslims are fully secured. May Allah help you in your great task and lead you to the right path, Amen! 

References


  1. Farooq Qadian, 14 September, 1939
  2. Sir Zafarulla, Ahmadiyyat, P.286-287
  3. Mirza Mahmud The New World Order of Islam, A Tabshir Publication, Rabwah, 1969 P.36 (English version of an address delivered to the Ahmadiyya Annual gathering at Qadian 28 December, 1942 translated by sir Zafarullah)
  4. J.D.Shams and M.Yaqub, Guzashta was Maujoda Jang Kay Motalak Paishgoyian, London, 1943
  5. Zafarullah, Ahamadyat, P. 288 4 . AlFazl Qadian 13 September, 1939
  6. Seerat-i -Mirza Sharif Ahmad, comiled by Ch.Abdul Aziz, Majlis Khudam-e-Ahmadiyya,Rabwah 1962,P.136
  7. AlFazl Qadian, 9 march, 1939
  8. A list of 200 Qadiani officers is given in the Ahmadiyya Memorandum to the Boundary Commission(1947) Partition of the Punjab, Vol 1, Lahore, 1984
  9. Alfazal Qadian, 9 March, 1946
  10. Wali Khan’s book was serialized by the daily Frontier Post, Peshawar and was subsequently published in 1987 in a book form under the title ‘Facts Are Facts.’
  11. Text of note in the Pakistan Times, Lahore, 13 February 1982
  12. Chattan Lahore, 21 December, 1981
  13. Pakistan Time Rawalpindi, 13 February, 1982
  14. Pakistan time Rawalpindi, 13 February. 1982
  15. Lord Linlithgo’s Papers, India Office Library, London quoted by the weekly Mayar Karachi, 7-13 January, 1984
  16. Ibid
  17. Ibid
  18. K.K.Aziz, Britain and Pakistan, University of Islamabad Press, 1976, P.28
  19. Farooq Qadian, 28 march, 1940
  20. Sir Zafarullah, The Agony of Pakistan, London, P.20
  21. Sir Zafarullah, Servant of God, P.110
  22. Ibid, P.111
  23. Sir Zafarullah, Servant of God, P.115
  24. The Transfer of Power, Vol I. P. 483 and P.593
  25. The Transfer of Power Vol III P. 48
  26. The Transfer of Powers, Vol VIII P. 783
  27. Sir Zafarullah, Servant of God, P.121
  28. Subsequently became the notorious Governor-General of Pakistan
  29. Zafarullah’s Letter to Lord Linlithgo, 4 August, 1942, The Transfer of Poser Vol. II P.562
  30. The Transfer of Power, Vol II P.834
  31. Sir Zafarullah, The Agony of Pakistan, P20
  32. Sir Zafarullah, Servant of God, P.125
  33. Jehan Ara Shah Nawaz, Father and Daughter, Lahore, 1971, P.184
  34. Sir Zafarullah, Tahdith P 450
  35. The Transfer of Power, Vol III P.407
  36. Linlithgo to Amrey, 8 December, 1942 The Transfer of Power, Vol III P.352
  37. The Transfer of Power, Vol III P.512
  38. Ibid
  39. Ibid P.526
  40. Amrey to Linlithgo 26 February, 1943, The Transfer of Power, Vol III P.738
  41. AlFazl Qadian, 11 June, 1944
  42. Sir Zafarullah, The Head of Ahmadiyya Movement, Baker and Witt Ltd, London, P.26
  43. AlFazl Qadian, 17 January, 1945
  44. Sir Zafarullah, The Agony of Pakistan, P.23
  45. Transfern of Power, Vol V.P.669
  46. Ibid
  47. The Transfer of Power, Vol V, P.550
  48. The Transfer of Power, Vol V. P. 551
  49. Ibid Vol. V. P. 702
  50. Sir Feroz Khan Noon was Defense Minister in the Viceroy’s Council. In 1944 he was sent to London along with the Maharaja of Kahsmir to represent British India on the war Cabinet. The maharaja represented the Princely States.(See Sir Feroz Khan Noon, From Memory, Lahore, 1966,P.180)
  51. The Transfer of Power, Vol V,P.1056
  52. Tarkh Ahmadiyyat, Vol X, P.263
  53. Ibid
  54. Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat Vol.X,P.276
  55. AlFazl Qadian, 13 November, 1946
  56. AlFazl Qadian, 29 January 1946
  57. [A] URBAN 1. Khawaja Ghulam Samad (S-Urban) 2. Sardar Shaukat Hayat (S-E) 3. Malik Barkat Ali (E-Urban)4. Karamat Ali (N-E) 5. Sir Feroz Khan Noon (Rawalpindi) 6. Sheikh Muhammad Amin (Multan) 7.Malik Wazir Muhammad (Lahore) 8. Begum Tasadaq Hussain (lahore) 9. Muhammad Rafique (Lahore) 10.Begum Shah Nawaz (Lahore) 11. Sheikh Sadiq hassan(Amritsar) RURAL: 12 Ch. Ali Akbar (Kangra and Hoshiarpur East) 13.Muhammad Salam (Jallunder) 14. Nawab Iftikhar Hussain Mamdot (Ferozpur) 15. Mian Iftikharuddin (Qasu) 16.Ch Ghulam farid (Gurdaspur) 17.Ch. Muhammad Hussain(Sheikhaupura) 18.K.Broshan Din(Shahdara)19. Rana Abdul Hamid (Pak Patten) 20.Ch.Fazal Illahi (Gujrat) 21. Ch.Bahawal Bux(Gujarat) 22. Sardar Bahadur Khan (D.G.Khan) 23. Ghulam Jilani Gurmani (Lieh) 24.Syed Budhan Shah(Khanewal) 25. Abdul Hamid (Muzaffar Garh) 26. Ch. Jehan Khan (Gujarat) and 27. Ghulam Rasul Trar (Gujrat)
  58. 1. Sardar Khizar Hayar (Multan and West Punjab) 2. Rao Muhammad Amroa Khan (Ambala and Simla) 3. SirMuzaffar Ali Qaizalbash (Lahore) 4. Sardar Habibullah Khan(Choonian) 5. Ch.Abdul Rahim ý(Shakargam) 6.Ch.Anwar Hussain (Anjala) 7. Ch.Ghulam Jilani (sialkot) 8. Nawab Muhammad Din Qadiani (Narowal)9. Ch.Ghulam Muhammad (Hafizbad) 10. Ch.Hussain Ali (Nankana) 11.Nawabazada Asghar Ali (Gujrat) 12. Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (Khushab) 13. Raja Yaqub Khan (Pind Dadan Khan) 14. Malik Fateh Sher Langeryal (Montgomery) 15. Sh.Faiz Muhammad (D.G.Khan) 16. M.Ibrahim Burq (Ali Pur)
  59. Pir Akbar Ali (Ferozpur), Major Raja Abdulla (Wazirabad) and Fateh Muhammad Sayal, Balala Qadian
  60. Ch.Noor Khan Zaildar (Chakwal)
  61. AlFazl Qadian, 28 January 1946 2. Sardar Nasrulla Khan (Alipur )
  62. 1. Sheikh Fazal Haq Piracha (Bhalwal) 2. Sardar Nasrulla Khan (Alipur) 3. Mian Abdul Haq(Okara)4.Wali Muhammad Goheer (Nikodar/Philor)
  63. Nawab Allah Bux Tiwana (Sargodha)2.Rana Muhammad Hussain (Hoshiarpur)3. Syed Hussain Shah Gardezi (Kabirwala)4. Malik Muhammad Nawaz(Lodhran) 5. Syed Nasiruddin Shah(Toba Tek Singh) 6.Malik Rab Nawaz Tiwana (Lyallpur 7. Sahibzada Faizul Hasan of Alo Mohar (Deska) 8. Raja Khair Medhi(Jehlum) 9. Sir Nawab Makhdoom Hussain Qureshi (Ludhiana) 10. Rai Muhammad Iqbal (Ludhiana)
  64. Chaudhry Ismatullah (Lyallpur) See AlFazl Qadian, 29 January to 3 February, 1946
  65. Paigham-I-Sulh, Lahore, 27 February 1946
  66. AlFazl Qadian, 20 March, 1946
  67. AlFazl Qadian, 26 January, 1946
  68. AlFazl Qadian 20, March 1946
  69. Ibid
  70. AlFazl Qadian, 1st February1946
  71. AlFazl Qadiani 22nd February 1946
  72. AlFazl Qadiani 1st March 1946
  73. 1.Sh.Hussamuddin (Amritsar) 2.Master Tajuddin Ansari (Urban) 3. Mian Abdul Nabi (Urban) 4. Mazhar Ali Azhar (Urban) Sialkot 5. Molvi Mehar Nawaz (Multan) 6. Ghulam Farid (Gurdaspur) 7. Ch.Abdul Rahman(Jallunder) 8.Ch.Muhammad Abdullah (Narowal) 9. Kazim Ali (Khanewal) 10. Nasrullah Khan (Muzaffaragarh) 11. Abdul Hye (Attock) 12. Khushi Muhammad (Smundari) 13. Abdul Ghafoor (Toba tek Singh) 14. Muhammad Ali (Jallendhar) 15. Faiz Muhammad Khan (Alipur) and 16. Sardar Muhammad Shafi (Choonian)
  74. For the Ahrar point of view on Pakistan and other communal issues see Maulana Mazhar Ali Azhar, Hamaray Firqawarana Faisalay Ka Istadraj, Lahore, 1946
  75. Afazl Qadiani, 26 February,1946
  76. AlFazl Qadian, 20 March, 1946
  77. Ibid
  78. AlFazl Qadian, 31 January, 1946
  79. AlFazl Qadian, 20 march, 1946
  80. AlFazl Qadian, 28 February 1946
  81. Sir Zafarulla, Tahdith-I-Naimat
  82. AlFazl Qadian, 6 April 1946
  83. Tarikh Vol X P.380 Also AlFazl Qadian, 6 April 1946
  84. AlFazl Qadian, 16 April, 1946
  85. AlFazl Qadian, 2 August, 1946
  86. AlFazl Qadian, 19 September, 1946
  87. AlFazl Qadian, 2 September, 1946
  88. AlFazl Qadian, 4 September, 1946
  89. AlFazl Qadian, 4 September, 1946
  90. AlFazl Qadian, 4 September, 1946
  91. Ibid
  92. AlFazl Qadian, 5 October, 1946
  93. AlFazl Qadian, 19 September, 1946
  94. Tarikh-I- Ahmadiyyat, Vol, X Appendix
  95. Tarikh-I-Ahmadiyyat, Vol. XI Appendix
  96. Sir Zafarullah, Ahmadiyyat P.244
  97. AlFazl Qadian, 19 May, 1947
  98. AlFazl Qadian, 13 November, 1946
  99. AlFazl Qadian, 13 November, 1946
  100. Tarikh-e-Ahmadiyyat Vol. XI Appendix
  101. SO   QADIYANI ARE NOT MUSLIMS ONLY EVILS POWER
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