Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 92
74 Ahmadiyyat Arrives in (Rishard-toll) Area Ill treatment of Mauritanian Police and Divine Bounties Before 1997, some neighbouring countries namely Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Mauritania were under the administration of the Gambian mission. With the Grace of Allah and blessings of Khilafat, there was expansion of propagation of Ahmadiyyat and thereby the Tabligh and tarbiyyat workload also increased considerably. Therefore, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV ra divided the region in three administrative units – the Gambia, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau. Once we planned a Tabligh visit to some areas of Mauritania. I was accompanied by Ousman Darboe, the driver and two muallims – Modou sarr and Alieu Faye. We started from the Gambia early in the morning in our car and after a long journey reached the Senegal / Mauritania border. We got the ferry immediately and we crossed the river to enter Mauritania. We went to the relevant offices for essential formalities. They checked our passports and documents and permitted us to enter. Later they checked documents of our car and noticed that these were in the name of Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, the Gambia. The duty officer informed the officer in-charge about that and the latter ordered that we be sent back immediately. We asked the reason why but they behaved very rudely and physically pushed us to the ferry that brought us back to Senegal. All this happened so quickly that we could not figure it out. Anyway, we were back to Senegal. We were greatly perplexed