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188 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american activities. He did not address the matter with our local administration but went directly to the National Missionary in Charge, who was then Maul a n a Sheikh Mub a rak Ahmad. Sheikh Mub a rak Ahmad launched an investigation into the letter of complaint and sent Muzaffar Ahmad Zafar of the Dayton Jam ā ‘ah to investigate. Brother Muzaffar sent his report to Sheikh Mub a rak, who submitted the report to Khal ī fat-ul-Mas īh IV, Hadrat Mirz ā Ta hir Ahmad rta. The Khal ī fah rta replied that any activities in the mosque that hinder someone from performing their prayers must be stopped. When Sheikh Mub a rak relayed this decision to my attention, we ceased all school activities and closed down. Since then attempts have been made in resurrecting the concept, but unfortunately, they have not been successful. MURDER OF AN AHMADI YOUTH In 1986 an Ahmadi youth was murdered in Zion, Illinois. His name was Fah i m Ahmad and he was the son of an Ahmadi couple, Mr. and Mrs. Han i f and Nafia Ahmad (Laeeqa Ahmad was Fah i m’s stepmother). The murderer was a Caucasian man, Joey Isbell, who was harassing young black boys in Shiloh Park. He was shaking the bikes as the boys were riding them and flashing a gun at them. Fah i m said that he was not afraid of him nor his gun. The murderer then shot him at point blank range with a. 357 caliber gun. Fah i m died on the spot. Inn a Lill a hi wa inn a Ilayhi r a ji‘ ū n. He was 16 years old.