On August 1, 2004 we arrived at Fateh Masjid, Reuitlingen. The masjid was not in the planned route but we had to spend a night here for some reasons. We were told that not long ago the masjid had been used by some Turkish muslims to harbour Khilafaat Movement. We had no idea what the movement was all about. But apparently the German authorities had arrested some people from the masjid before to quash the movement. Even one Malaysian student who stayed nearby got called by the police to record his statement. Of course he frequented the masjid daily for namaaz for it was nearest to his house. And like us, he did not have any clue as to what the Khilafaat Movement was all about. Perhaps because of the unfortunate event, the handful namazis that went there and muslims nearby were unresponsive towards us. We really felt the pain and anguish the whole day and night.
The very next day we were driven to Sehid Jamil Masjid where we experience the opposite. Truly the greatness of Allah could be tasted. Only yesterday, at Fateh Masjid Almighty Allah gave us the environment of icy, frigid, impersonal, inhospitable and joyless but suddenly in Sehid Jamil Masjid Almighty Allah changed the environment to compassionate, kindhearted, loving, pleasant and cheerful. The ambience of the Ansaaris was felt in the distinctive quality and character of the namazis who had given nusrah to us - Muhammad Borhan (Habsyah), Nasir Ahmed (Pakistan), Muhammad-Abdul Kadir Goker-Salleh and Yusoff (Turkish). The brotherhood of Islam was prevalent here irrespective of language barriers. We discovered that our tough and rough Turk brothers were gentle and affectionate after all, and even more. The three days that we spent at Sehid Jamil Masjid made us realised that there is no end or limit to ikram muslimeen.
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