Soon after the building of the TML Headquarters which now holds the Rafeeq Memorial Secondary School, a school library, The TML Office, counselling room and kitchen facilities was spear-headed by Nazeer Mohammed, a stalwart of the League.  The land east of the Headquarters was leased to the Trinidad Muslim League with the help of Kamaluddin “Charch” Mohammed.25  The “tent” which now houses the TML Kindergarten and the Café was also supervised by Nazeer Mohammed.  In fact, when he returned from performing the Hajj or pilgrimage in Makka, Saudi Arabia he invited a few people to the mosque one evening for the Maghrib  prayer after sunset and he unfolded the tent design by means of solving a mystery.  The TML Archives was formally opened on Tuesday November 17th 1992 on the 45th Anniversary of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc.  This date also coincided with the 88th birth anniversary of Mohammed Rafeeq.26 Thus from then till now the Trinidad Muslim League had been functioning under the umbrella of its ideology of Ghair Mukallid or Non-Conformist Islam.


1 Interview with Salima Muradali, Sunday 20th February, 2005, Farah’s Court, South Valsayn.
2 Mohammed Rafeeq, “History of Islam and Muslims in Trinidad” in the Souvenir Brochure of the Jinnah  Memorial Mosque. Trinidad Muslim League Inc., League Centre, St. Joseph, Trinidad, B.W.I., 1954, Page 31.
3 Ibid., Page 32
4 Silver Jubilee  Brochure, Trinidad Muslim League Inc. Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam, Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Trinidad.
5 Interview with Rabeune Mohammed, Sunday 27th February, 2005, at the home of the late M.A. Hafeez, 26, Woodlands Avenue, North Valsayn.
6 Mohammed Ibrahim, “Foreword” in the Trinidad Muslim League Inc. Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam, Silver Jubilee, Page 5.
7 “A Historical Review of the TML” in the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure, Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Trinidad, 1997, Page 21.
8 Ibid., Page 21.
9 Interview with  Rabeune Mohammed.
10 Interview with Salima Muradali.
11 Trinidad Guardian Thurs. Nov.4th 1948, Page 5.
12 Trinidad Guardian Saturday Nov. 6th    1948, Page 7.
13 Trinidad Guardian Thursday Nov 11th    1948 (Trinidad News) Page 5.
14 Trinidad Souvenir Brochure of the Jinnah Memorial Mosque Muslim League Inc., League Centre, St. Joseph, Trinidad, B.W.I., 1954, Page 1.
15 “ A Historical Review of the TML” in the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure, Eastern Main Road, St. Joseph, Trinidad  & Tobago, 1997, Page 21.
16 “Opening Day Celebration April 25th, 1954.” in the Souvenir Brochure of the Jinnah Memorial Mosque, Trinidad Muslim League Inc., League Centre, St. Joseph, Trinidad, B.W.I., 1954, Page 48.
17 Mazac A. Shaama, “The Twenty-Fifty Anniversary of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc. Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at-i-Islam” in the Trinidad Muslim League Inc. Silver Jubilee Brochure, St. Joseph, 1972, Page  30 .
18 M.A.Aziz, “Ahmadiyya Anjuman of Trinidad & Tobago” in the  Third Ahmadiyya Convention 1970 Brochure, Page 43.  M.A. Aziz was the 3rd Vice President of the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam for the Western Hemisphere from 1969-1970.  He was also the President General of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc. Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at-i-Islam from 1970-1976.
19 Ibid., Page 43.
20 Nazeer  Mohammed, “Struggling For A Visible Identity” in the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc., League Centre, St. Joseph, 1997, Page 26.
21 Mohammed Ibrahim, “Foreword” of the Silver Jubilee Brochure of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc., Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at Islam, St. Joseph, 1972, Page 5.
22 Mazac Shaama, “The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc., Ahmadiyya Anjuman Isha’at-i-Islam” in the Silver Jubilee Brochure, St. Joseph,  1972, Page 33.
23 Nazeer Mohammed, “Struggling For A Visible Identity” in the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc., St. Joseph, 1997, Page 26.
24 Ibid., Page 26.
25 Ibid., Page 26.
26 “The Story of the TML Archives” in the 50th Anniversary Souvenir Brochure of the Trinidad Muslim League Inc., St. Joseph, 1997, Page 43.