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192 • After the first visit to West Africa, Huzoor Anwar atba , in a Friday Sermon, expressed delight on the volunteering of veiled Ahmadi workers of Benin. He said: “I have observed a very good thing in Benin. Over there, Lajna has organized a special team which performs duties at every event. They observed Purda very well and wore a Niqab and continuously performed their duties that way. ” (Friday Sermon, April 16, 2004 at Baitul Futuh Mosque, London, Al-Fazl International, April 30, 2004) • Later, in his address to ladies at Jalsa Salana Canada, Huzoor Anwar atba also narrated his observations regarding his tour of Africa. Huzoor Anwar atba stated: “I have observed in Africa that where clothing was not customary, they have worn clothes and worn clothes that fully cover, and some of them observe Purda as well. A few have started wearing the Niqab as well. Here too, we have African American sisters who are mostly from USA and some of them observe an exemplary and high level of Purda, which is worth following. In fact, yesterday in our meeting, I told them that it seems that now you people will set precedents of Purda for Pakistanis and Indians. ” (Address to Ladies at Jalsa Salana Canada held on June 25, 2005, Al-Fazl International, March 2, 2007) • On the occasion of Jalsa Salana a large number of female guests come to visit and some of them express their feelings as well. Therefore, non-Ahmadi female guests have paid open tributes to the exemplary Purda of Ahmadi women. In reference to this, Huzoor Anwaratba stated in a Friday sermon: “Damiba Beatrice attended Jalsa from Burkina Faso. She is the president of the Higher Council for Communication in electronic and print media in Burkina Faso. She has been a federal minister of the country twice.