Synopsis "Minorities in an Islamic State (in English)"
Minorities in an Islamic State, the book in your hand, is the English translation of the book, Islam aur GhairMuslim Ri'aya, by the late Malik Saif-ur-Rahman Sahib.This translation was published in The Review of ReligionsRabwah September, October 1963 & February, March1974, without the name of the translator. We have tried, but have not so far been successful, to find out who thetranslator was. I hope we shall be able to mention hisname in the next edition.Now we are publishing it as a booklet according tothe instructions of Hadart Mirza Masroor AhmadKhalifatul-Masih V (May Allah be His Helper) for thebenefit of a wider readership.I hope that this timely publication would go a longway to rebutting the criticism of the West against Islam-at least as far as the aspect of it dealt with herein isconcerned-and to changing their views about it, anddemolishing the self-contradictory concept of the 'militantIslam'.It needs to be acknowledged, with gratitude, that withthe help of Central Research Cell, Rabwah, we haveupdated and corrected all the references in the works citedherein.I am grateful to Mirza Anas Ahmad, M.A. M. Litt.(Oxen), Wakilul-Isha'at for checking and correcting thescript where necessary.
