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| Author | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad |
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Publication date | 22 May 1900 |
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The British Government and Jihad (Urdu:Government Angrezi Aur Jihad) is a book written in 1900 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam. An alternative title is the True Meaning of Jihad. It was published on 22 May 1900[1][2] and was translated into English in 2006, by Islam International Publications.[3]
The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat used the Qur'an and the Ahadith (sayings) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to explain his view of the Islamic concept of jihad and says that Muhammad resorted to defensive war 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. He also said that the command to fight and retaliate was for that specific condition in which the early Muslims found themselves.
- ^ "The British Government and Jihad". Alsilam.
- ^ "The Ahmadiyya Jama'at: a persecuted sect". American Chronicle. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ The British Government and Jihad, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1900)