A Correspondence
The Light (UK), December 2005 Issue (pp. 7–8)
With apologies to our readers for some of the language you will see below, I reproduce here an exchange of e-mails at our Woking Muslim Mission website address.
Someone by the name of Bilal Naushahi sent an e-mail as follows:
“No Salaam as you are kafirs [non-Muslims].
“I have just seen your website and wondered why no information is there about the mosque up to date? Could it be because Mirzais, Qadianies were declared Kafir therefore kicked out of this mosque? I’d be really happy if you could give me some information as to the Qadianies being kicked out as it was a luminous victory Allah Almighty bestowed to the Muslims.”
His allegation is that we have failed to mention on the website how the Woking Muslim Mission came to an end. In fact, this has always been on the website within an easily accessible page under the sub-heading: The end of the Woking Mission: dream of united Islam shattered by mainstream Muslim leaders. So I replied as follows:
“Dear sir
“The information that you want is given on the following page of our website, which is linked from our Home Page:
“On this page go to the end and read under the heading:
‘The end of the Woking Mission’.
Perhaps due to your blind prejudice you were unable to find this easily-available page!
“The point you need to ponder is why did so many Muslims and their famous leaders co-operate with the Woking Mission run by Lahore Ahmadis?
“We have also quoted the website of the present-day occupants of the Woking Mosque. Please read our page entitled:
‘Present-day Woking Mosque website’s tribute to Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din’.
“Why is the present-day Woking Mosque praising the work of Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din who was a close personal follower and friend of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad?
With regards,
Zahid Aziz”
To this I received the following ‘learned’ reply. The words in bold were typed in capitals by the writer.
“No Salaam as you are kafir.
“In the Quran even a dog have been paid tributes, because of the services they have rendered for Islam. Read Surah Kahf, ayat 22. And in Hadith even a prostitute has been paid tribute in Bukhari shareef Book: ‘Beginning of Creation’. So just because Muslims paid you tributes doesn’t not make you a Muslim. We pay tribute to dogs and prostitutes and Qadianies who do something worthwhile and it was Woking Muslims who kicked you out for being kafir. Ask them to this day who are the Mirzaies, Qadianies? they will reply kafirs, kafirs, kafirs.”
I replied as follows:
“Dear sir
“Those Muslim leaders regarded Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din and our Imams of the Woking Mosque as very good Muslims who were preaching the message of Islam. They prayed behind our Imams and listened to their khutbas [sermons]. You can see this in the photographs on our website.
“Even the website of today’s Woking Mosque says this about Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din:
‘Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din was a learned, charismatic and an inspired leader. He set up residence in the Imam’s house, established daily prayers in the mosque and with helpers brought from India, founded the Muslim Mission Woking to spread the message of Islam to the people of Great Britain. … One of the things that is impressive about this early movement and for this the Khwaja must take the credit, was the simplicity of the message. It is evident that this is one of the things that were most influential in persuading converts to adopt Islam. He preached a message that was free of cultural baggage, a pure message based on faith and belief that encompassed the spirit of Islam.’
“This is what the Woking Mosque is saying today.
“The Woking Mosque website also mentions Marmaduke Pickthall as a great Muslim connected with the Woking Mission. This is what Pickthall wrote about Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din when he died:
‘I think that there is no one living who has done such splendid and enduring service to Islam. The work in England is the least part of it. Not until I came to India did I realise the immense good that his writings have done in spreading knowledge of religion and reviving the Islamic spirit in lethargic Muslims; not only here, but wherever there are Muslims in the world his writings penetrated, and have aroused new zeal and energy and hope. It is a wonderful record of work, which could have been planned and carried out only by a man of high intelligence inspired by faith and great sincerity of purpose. Allah will reward him!’
“Yes, ‘Allah will reward him’ is what Muslim leaders said about him!”
In reply Bilal Naushahi simply repeated his previous e-mail in similar terms:
“I have already explained the so called tributes … like I said, us Muslims will even pay tribute to dogs and prostitutes who do something worth while for Islam”.
The point to ponder for Bilal Naushahi and his like anti-Ahmadiyya fanatics is that by using these vile epithets for those few who served Islam they are admitting that they themselves belong to an even more degraded category since they did not serve Islam at all. They are only fulfilling the prophecies of the Holy Prophet Muhammad which foretold the despicable behaviour of the religious leaders of the Muslims in the last days.