Perseverance — Page 142
142 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american Secretary of State; Dr. Ralph Bunche, Undersecretary of State, and setting up appointments with journalists to visit Rabwah and interview the Second Khal ī fah ra. THE CHALLENGES OF LEARNING IN RABWAH Learning in the J ā mi‘ah was not easy for someone born and raised in America. It was just as difficult from the teachers’ perspective. There was a cultural gap and a language barrier. In Pakistan the classroom environment was totalitarian and the teachers were respected to the point they could not be questioned. Further, there were very few teachers who could converse in English and most could only speak Urdu and Arabic. The few English speaking teachers were not always prepared to go in depth when explaining