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are attacked, the Muslim becomes a formidable foe. The141Quran is very precise on this point: “Wa lā ta،tadū” - “And you must not transgress” (or take the offensive). The Holy Jihād is not a war of offence, but of self-defence. Though the robbers, the predatory tribes, the semi-barbarous nomad Muslims, may have some religious notions and believe in the existence of Allah, it is the lack of knowledge and of religious training which is the root-cause of their vice and depravity. They are an exception. One can never become a good Muslim without the religious training and education.(b)According to the description ofthe ProphetDaniel, the citizens of the Kingdom of God are “the People of the Saints.” In the original Chaldish or Aramaic text, they are described as “A’mma d’ qaddīshid’ I’lionin,” an epithet worthy only of the Prince of the Prophets and of his noble army of the Muhājirīn (Emigrants) and the Ansār (Helpers), who uprooted idolatry from a great part ofAsia and Africa and destroyed the RomanBeast.All the Muslims, who believe in Allah, in His angels, Books, and Apostles; in the day of the Resurrection and Judgment; that the good and evil are from Allah; and perform their pious practices according to their ability and with good will, are holy saints and blessed citizens of the Kingdom. There is no grosser religious ignorance than the belief that there is a person called the Holy Ghost who fills the hearts of those who are baptized in the manes of three gods, each the third of the three, or the three of the third, and thus sanctifies the believers in their absurdities. A Muslim believes that there is not one Holy Spirit, but innumerable holy spirits all created and ministers of the One Allah. The Muslims are sanctified, not by baptisms or ablution, but their spirits are purified and sanctified by the light of faith and by the fire of zeal and courage to defend and fight for that faith. John (pbuh) the Baptist or rather Christ himself (according to the Gospel of Barnabas), said: “I baptize you