Does Salvation lie in Muslims blindly following the West?

Addressing a trustee of the Aligarh College which had been set up to promote western education amongst the Muslims. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah, made a long speech explaining the Muslim nation will not make progress by following the West blindly.

They should learn from the West but follow the principles laid down in the Holy Quran and put into practice by the Holy Prophet Muhammad and his companions.

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