The aim was to have a political party which Muslims could control although not in the style of the defunct All Muslim National Union of Tanganyika (AMNUT) founded in 1958 by a splinter Muslim group from TANU following the controversial tripartite voting which came to be known as “Kura Tatu.” [14] However Muslims managed to overcome all obstacles when Prof. Kighoma Ali Malima, a symbol of Muslim resistance to the status quo resigned from the ruling party CCM and joined a little known opposition party, National Reconstruction Alliance (NRA) founded by an obscure Muslim politician, one Abubakar Ulotu. Prof. Malima earned the wrath of the government and church when he pointed out the existence of long standing circle of Christian functionaries in the Ministry of Education which was sabotaging and discriminating Muslim youths barring them from higher education.
Tarehe 20 Januari, 1964 kulitokea maasi katika Tanganyika Rifles. Nyerere alirudishwa madarakani na jeshi la Waingereza lililoletwa kumaliza maasi. [30] Baada ya mambo kutulia Nyerere akachukua nafasi hiyo kuwaweka kizuizini viongozi wa vyama vya wafanyakazi na masheikh maarufu katika Tanganyika. Kesi ya uhaini wa wanajeshi ilipofikishwa Mahakama Kuu hapakuwa na ushahidi wowote ule kuwa masheikh walihusika kwa njia moja au nyingine katika uasi wa Tanganyika Rifles. Uvumi uliokumba mji wa Dar es salaam ni kuwa masheikh hao walikuwa wanapanga njama za kupindua serikali. Shutuma hii kwa masheikh kwa hakika ilikuwa ni kiroja. Baada ya hapo, mwanazuoni maarufu, Sharif Hussein Badawiy na mdogo wake Mwinyibaba, walipewa notisi ya kuondoka nchini kama wahamiaji wasiotakiwa. Kilichofanya Shariff Badawiy afukuzwe nchini ni kauli aliyotoa Mwinyibaba katika maulid.