Mr. Mundell said that he had doen instructed as to the difference between the sects known as the Ahmadiyas and Quadionis, and he Proposed to keep separate the evidence relating to these differences. Counsel added that the chief importance of the case from the defendant's point of view was the question of whether Ahmadi were Kafir or not, and that que: was so important that he did not wish to omit any evidence that was available, He therefore, asked his Lordship's indulgence if he took considerable time in opening the case.
"Apparently the difference between the Ahmadiyas and the Quadianis was that the former held that the man Mirza, although a Prophet, was not a prophet of the ture as Mohamed. The Quadianis held that Mirza was in every sense a prophet equally with Jesus Christ and Mohamed."
Counsel quoted a manifesto issued by Mirza at Dethi in which he state ed that no prophet could come after yhamed, and that divine revela-ich died with him. Subsequently, however, he distinctly laid claim to being a prophet. Counsel had been unable to discover the dates on which he made these claims, but it might well be, he submitted, that
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