The British Government and Jihad

"O Muslim scholars and maulavis! Listen to me. I tell you truly that this is not the time for jihad. Do not disobey God's Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The awaited Messiah has arrived and orders you to abstain from religious war involving armed combat, killing and bloodshed. Not refraining even now from spilling blood and giving such sermons is therefore not the way of Islam. The persons who accepts me will not merely stop preaching in this way; rather, he will recognize the evil of this path and come to know that it invites God's anger" Government Angreizi aur Jihad, is an Urdu booklet written in 1900 by Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , the Promised Messiah and the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movment in Islam. In this booklet, he refers to the Holy Quran and Ahadith(sayings) of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in order to explain the true nature of the Islamic concept of Jihad. The author points to the peaceful nature of the Islamic faith and explains that Muslims resorted to defensive war early in their faiths' history only after suffering thirteen years of brutal oppression. Divine permission to retaliate was granted for the specific purpose of self-defense, to punish aggressors, and to uphold freedom of conscience.