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140 – the story of al-haj Rashid ahmad american and his government to resolve with the Pakistani government. He stated that the Jam ā ‘ah should not get involved in this matter. I then proceeded to Lahore, and the American Consul began to investigate the situation. They determined that the Pakistani law stated that if a person refuses to produce their passport, then they are subject to the penalty. However, in my case it was determined that the police officer did not ask me to produce my passport, but to relinquish it. The police officer did not have any authority to ask me to relinquish my passport. Since I did not relinquish my passport, I was not guilty of the offense charged with. APPOINTMENT AS THE SECRETARY OF AMERICAN STUDENTS There was another American who began studying at the J ā mi‘ah. His name was Abdush-Shakoor Raish and he was a Caucasian from Idaho. He left Rabwah after I had left in 1955 and when he returned to the United States, he was appointed the Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam in Washington DC. Some erroneously believe that Abdush-Shakoor Raish was the first American to enter the J ā mi‘ah in Rabwah for higher studies, but this is wrong. He was admitted in the J ā mi‘ah after me. I recall when I first saw him, the teachers asked him, “When did you arrive?” He answered, “I got in last night. ” The teachers did not understand him because they had never heard the words got in in that context. The teachers looked at me and asked me, “What does he mean by ‘got in’?”