English book · The Call of the Quran

No Interference

English book, PDF p. 99

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

~ 99 ~ Syed Jamaluddin Afghani for this important assignment and assured him of full official support in this venture. This same Syed Jamaluddin Afghani, who commanded such great respect and was assured of all official support by the king, was later on imprisoned by the same king. He even died in prison. The reason being that Syed Jamaluddin Afghani was involved in a political conspiracy aimed at dethroning the Sultan, whom he considered an agent of western imperialism. A man who could have started a new chapter in Islamic history by introducing Islam to Japan, ended up by merely adding his name to the prison records. This is true of all Muslim rulers. If you engage yourself in Islamic da’wah, they are ever ready to extend their full support to you, but if you wage political campaigns directed against them, they refuse to co-operate. Unfortunately the example set by Syed Jamaluddin Afghani is being constantly repeated by Muslims in our times. Muslims everywhere are engaged in

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