... British government. While Ghulam Ahmad would brook no compromise with Christianity and its missionaries in India, he ... maintained that the government must be obeyed and rejected the use of civil disobedience in the political ... "In 2012, the year 1433 of the Muslim calendar, the Islamic population throughout the world was estimated at approximately a billion and a half, representing about one-fifth of humanity. In geographical terms, Islam occupies the center of the world, stretching like a big belt across the globe from east to west."--P. vii.