Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 283
265 business in Conakary those days. Plane landed safely – Divine protection For returning from Guinea Conakary, I boarded the Gambia Airaways plane as per schedule. After completing the routine formalities the plane took off. After cruising for fifteen minutes it was announced that because of technical problems we were returning to Guinea Conakary. In due course the plane landed safely at the airport. When the passengers came out that had a real fright to see that there was a big hole – at least two feet wide, in one of plane’s wings. We were told the plane collided with a bird. Had the plane gone any further, there would be no airport with easy reach. Thus Allah saved all the passengers. Police Warrant and Divine Help I was residing in Dakar with my family. One day I had gone out for something. When I returned, I found a muallim waiting for me. He told me that a policeman had come to see you and that he delivered a letter addressed to me. When I read the letter, it was summons for me from the police office. The letter worried me a lot. My family did not have the visa for Senegal. There was opposition to the jama’at as well. Several ideas like that came to my mind. I rang up one of my friends – Omar Jobe who was a police inspector and told him about the letter. After listening to the subject matter and name of the issuing authority, he said it was from the section dealing with murders and terrorism, therefore, it was something very serious. I asked him if he knew someone in that section to get some more information and plan accordingly. I immediately faxed to