It is believed that he is the only sheikh in East Africa to receive that honour. In January 1964, an army mutiny occurred in Tanganyika Rifles. Nyerere took this opportunity to detain [13] EAMWS leaders in the provinces and other prominent sheikhs, some very close to Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir, on the pretext that they had instigated the mutiny. Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir’s s network built for almost three decades and which he had depended for the new struggle for Muslim emancipation was targeted and was in retreat and in other places in disarray.
Inaaminika kuwa yeye ndiye sheikh pekee Afrika Mashariki kupata heshima hiyo. Mnamo Januari 1964, maasi ya jeshi yalitokea Tanganyika Rifles. Nyerere alichukua fursa hii kuwaweka kizuizini [13] viongozi wa EAMWS majimboni na masheikh wengine mashuhuri, wengine waliokuwa karibu sana na Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir, kwa kisingizio kwamba wao ndio walioanzisha uasi. Mtandao wa Sheikh Hassan bin Ameir uliojengwa kwa takriban miongo mitatu na ambao alikuwa akiutegemea kwa ajili ya mapambano mapya ya ukombozi wa Waislamu ulilengwa na ulikuwa katika mafungo na katika maeneo mengine katika machafuko.