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190 one who acts upon the teaching of Amadou Bamba. They all started to listen to me. I said that there is only one picture of Amadou Bamba that every mouride is hanging down his neck or in his house, in which he is holding a copy of the Quran in his hand. That is why he is known as ‘khadimul-Quran (servant of Quran). That is the mission of the Ahmadiyya jama’at too – we are publishing Quran throughout the world. I asked them, ‘when people offered money to Amadou Bamba, did he pick it up or throw it away’? All of them said, ‘he threw it away’. I asked, ‘his inheritors today do they take it or throw it away’? Some of them said, ‘they snatch it’. I said, ‘Ahmadiyya jama’at spends money in the way of Allah’. I said that the ladies of Amadou Bamba used to observe purdah while their ladies do not observe it any more whereas Ahmadi ladies observe it. For propagation of Islam Amadou Bamba left his house for remote areas and that is exactly what the Ahmadi muballighs are doing. All the audience listened to us attentively and concluded that Ahmadiyya jama’at are truly Muslims. Thereafter we had very good relations with that village. Friday Prayers in Kumbal In Africa people joining Ahmadiyyat from other Muslim sects have a serious problem praying separately from other Muslims, especially if Ahmadiyyat has been introduced there recently. Similarly, bai’ats were performed in Senegalese village Kumbal, but the new converts continued to pray along with the others. We tried to counsel them but because of fear of social backlash they could not do it. Friday prayer was especially problematic as there were only a few Ahmadis in the village and could not think