The White Paper’s Unique Research

A specimen of such research published by them refers to a book—The Arrival of British Empire in India, cited by ‘Ajami Israel page 19—which, according to them, was published by a press located in Britain. Allegedly, this book confirmed that the British parliament had reached a decision that a false Prophet must be set up in order to keep India in harness, and such a Prophet may be termed a ‘zilli nabi’.1 It is as if ‘zilli nabi’ was a British colloquialism! So, they decided that the real solution was to create a ‘zilli nabi’ in India and then subjugate all Muslims through him. A long time ago, when I was serving the Waqf-e-Jadid department of the Jama‘at, I wrote to the Imam of the London Mosque asking him to search for the book referred to above and said that even though the allegation itself was patently false, yet he should find out whether or not the said reference was contained in the book or was it something put in quite a different context which had been distorted. The Imam replied that no book with this title existed. I urged him to explore further and contact that particular publishing house. He reported back saying that he had searched thoroughly and found that not only that there was no such book which bore that title but that there was no such publishing house in existence. Then, the British Museum and some other significant organizations were contacted in this regard. But they replied in the negative, because not only that there was no book with that title but also because there was no printing press of that name—nor there was any mention of such a press or publisher anywhere. That being the case, they said, they could obviously not provide any reference. This is the kind of ‘modern researchers’ of the Government of Pakistan who have conducted research of this calibre. One feels embarrassed even to use the word ‘research’ in their case. At any rate, this has been dubbed as ‘modern research’ by the Government of Pakistan and proudly presented to the world with taunts and reproachful remarks about the Promised Messiah (as). The argument of the White Paper can be summed up as: the Promised Messiah (as) was the plant planted by the British is supported by two facts: (1) that he excessively praised the British to the extent of sycophancy and (2) that the founder of the community had himself confessed—and his confession is made in published writings of his—that he and Jama‘at Ahmadiyya are Khud Kashta Pauda of the English. I want to present facts before the Jama‘at regarding both the matters.