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240 He put his hand in his pocket, took out a five Dalasi note and put it in my hand. I was much pleased with his enthusiasm and devotion and gifted him a copy of the Holy Quran that he kept with him for a long time. Later he got admission in Nasir High School. I had the opportunity to serve him in his education on behalf of the school and the jama’at. It gives me a great pleasure to see him now as head of a great institution, Masroor High School. Ameen Ceremony : Because of malicious propaganda about Ahmadiyya jama’at by the mullahs and Arabic teachers, the people in Basse area appeared afraid and cautious. We started teaching ‘Yassarnal-Quran’ from the very beginning in addition to the curriculum approved by the Education Department. After completion of the primer we taught reading of the Holy Quran to all the students as well. We named the annual prize distribution ceremony as ‘Ameen Ceremony’. During the proceedings, many students recited various surahs (chapters) of the Holy Quran. Later an interesting quiz programme on religious knowledge was also presented. That had a very favourable effect on the audience. Travelling is Hellish Once I set out on a tarbiyyat trip accompanied by two muallims – Ahmad Jallow and Ibrahim Drammeh. According to the programme we offered maghrib prayers at Salikini. After that we had planned to offer isha prayers with Saba jama’at, hold a meeting there and then move on to spend the night with Dr Munawar Ahmed. We started our journey from Salikini by car. The road was untarred and studded with potholes.