 The emergence of the Ārya Samāj caused much trouble between the adherents of the new movement, referred to as Ārya Samājīs, and the followers of the Sanātan Dharm, who wished to remain loyal to the tradition of their ancestors.There were fierce debates and sometimes even fights between them.However, according to the Surinamese Muslim East-Indian Rahman Khan the two parties found each other in attacking together a new enemy in 1933.