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180 Chapter 14 Some interesting Tabligh episodes A debate with Ustaz Yusuf in Ndofan While I was stationed in Farafenni, an Ahmadi friend from Ndofan (situated in Senegal about sixty miles from Farafenni) told me that a young man who had returned from Saudi Arabia after religious education there and was spitting venom against Ahmadiyya jama’at. I promised that I would soon be visiting Senegal and would talk to the Ustaz. One day, I accompanied by an Ahmadi Muallim ustaz Alieu Faye, reached Ndofan on my motorbike. It was Sunday and a popular market was arranged there every Sunday. Many people from the surrounding area used to come there for shopping. When I reached the market, an Ahmadi friend from a neighbouring village was there as well. Those days, there were only a few Ahmadis in the whole area scattered in various villages. When I told him that I had come there to talk to the Arabic teacher, he got scared. He said that the mullah group was very strong there and they could harm both of us. I reassured him and told him to stay away; just point at him from a distance and I will take care of the rest. He pointed towards a shop and told me that he was sitting there. Ustaz Alieu and I reached the shop. We greeted those present there and enquired about the Ustaz. The Ustaz responded that he indeed was the one. I introduced myself saying, ‘my name is Munawar Ahmed, I have come from the Gambia and I am the muballigh of Ahmadiyya jama’at. I hear that you have some doubts and