President Nyerere sent emissaries to Prof. Malima pleading with him not to resign from CCM. Prof. Malima was to receive thinly veiled threats from other quarters as to what could happen to the country was he to resign from CCM on a Muslim agenda.
Alipewa heshima ile kwa kuwa na ujasiri wa kuweza kusimama kidete dhidi ya wale waliodhani kuwa wanaweza kuwakalia Waislam vichwani. Nyerere alihisi ameumbuka na hili lilimchoma moyo sana. Kuanzia hapa Nyerere hakumtazama Sheikh Hassan bin Amir kwa jicho jema. Alingoja nafasi yake ili alipize kisasi.