[17] This situation was averted when Prof. Malima died mysteriously in London soon after taking the leadership of NRA and announcing his candidacy for 1995 presidential elections in a well attended public rally in Tabora. Muslims gave Prof. Malima a funeral which has never been seen before. Prof. Malima had crossed the Rubicon.
Waikela alikuwa mmoja wa wale waliokamatwa na kuwekwa kizuizini. [32] Nyerere kwa wakati ule hakuwa na nguvu ya kumgusa Mufti Sheikh Hassan bin Amir. Wakati ule mwaka wa 1963 shughuli za kueneza dini za EAMWS zilikuwa zikienda vizuri sana. Tabligh ilikuwa chini ya Sheikh Amir bin Juma kutoka Tanga na Wakristo wengi walikuwa wakirudi katika Uislam. [33] Tabligh ilikuwa ikiongozwa kutoka kwa masheikh wa mikoa na wilaya.