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98 usual. (The pir is called Sharif or Haidra in their local dialect). The Ahmadi friend entertained the pir to the best of his ability. The Fulani herd cattle; each member of the family has his own cows and that is their property. The pir went along with this man to see his cattle and demanded the best cow. The man refused in spite of pir’s insistence. The pir became furious and threatened to burn down his house to ashes that very day. The Ahmadi, after having converted, firmly believed that the pir could do him no harm and was just bragging. The Fulani spend all their time in forests with the cattle; therefore, they always keep daggers for self-defense. The Ahmadi took out his dagger and said, ‘before you burn my house, I will finish you off with this dagger. ’ The pir fled head over heels and never returned to that area again. Because of this incidence, the others who worshipped these pirs became aware of their reality and their fake powers. A New Convert’s Belief in the Truth of Promised Messiah A conference was organised by the jama’at in Jabang town of Senegal. At the end of the conference, a delegate that had arrived from Bignona region, were standing by the roadside waiting for transport. After a long wait, a vehicle did arrive and they signaled for it to stop. When it stopped many of the other passengers hurried onto it. However, of the Ahmadis only one elderly person, Mr Baji could board it with great difficulty and the vehicle moved on. The remaining Ahmadis were left behind including the person who was supposed to pay for the fare. After a short while, the conductor demanded fare from Mr Baji; he replied that the person who was to pay the fare could not board and that he would pay the fare on arrival at Bignona. The