Jehovah’s Witnesses considered doing so to be incompatible with their position of Christian neutrality. Their refusal was met with rage.
فَقُتِلَ فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْفَتْرَةِ ٱلْمُضْطَرِبَةِ مَا مَجْمُوعُهُ ٣٠ شَاهِدًا .‏