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Hosay festival commemorated in Cedros, Trinidad
- By Newsday
- Published 12/31/2009
- Shi'ism in the Region
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The Trinidad Newsday online edition reported that Cedros, a fishing village in south-western Trinidad, held hosay festival celebrations. Hosay is well known in St. James, a suburb of Port of Spain, Trinidad's capital city. While the Guyana Chronicle laments that it is a "A Muslim custom on
the verge of extinction here".
Abdur Razack Khan - KC Confectionary
- By Newsday
- Published 03/22/2009
- Nation Builders -Trinidad
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For 85 years they have been satisfying our cravings for sweets and KC Confectionary intends to continue for years to come. KC Confectionary Limited began in 1922 as a cottage industry and has diversified and expanded today to a fast paced, people-driven company that is foremost in technology and innovation.
Dr Nasser Mustapha shares his vision of TT
- By Newsday
- Published 03/5/2009
- Nation Builders -Trinidad
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Nasser Mustapha, PhD, Sociology, UWI, is currently a senior lecturer in sociology and head of the behavioral sciences department at UWI, St Augustine. He is a member of the International Sociological Association and the Caribbean Studies Association. As an expert in the field of sociology, and a respected member of the Muslim community (this being the holy month of Ramadan), Sunday Newsday took the opportunity to ask some questions pertinent to both areas.
Young Muslim businessman kidnapped for ransom in Trinidad
- By Newsday
- Published 06/11/2008
- War, Terrorism , Violence, Criminality
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NAAIL ALI, 26, was kidnapped outside his family’s Gasparillo
hardware at about 8.45 am yesterday by three armed men and up to late
yesterday, no ransom was demanded and Ali’s whereabouts remained a
mystery.ASJA commemorates Arrival Day
- By Newsday
- Published 05/29/2008
- Trinidad and Tobago
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Haji Kamal Hosein, PRO of the Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association
(ASJA) said when Muslims first came to TT as indentured servants, they
were not allowed to openly practise their faith.
Trinidad Muslim activist murdered
- By Newsday
- Published 05/1/2007
- War, Terrorism , Violence, Criminality
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Bandits shot and killed a Muslim community activist in Marabella
yesterday and stole an undisclosed sum of money that he was on his way
to deposit at a Republic Bank branch for his employer.
Muslims protest at the wanton murder of co-believer
Muslims protest at the wanton murder of co-believer
Trini-Muslim teenager murdered
- By Newsday
- Published 03/30/2007
- War, Terrorism , Violence, Criminality
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THE BODY of Aleem Ali, a 15-year-old schoolboy who has been missing
since Monday, was found on Wednesday afternoon in bushes at Upper St
Michael Road, Tacarigua. The body which was badly burnt was discovered
at about 4 pm by forest rangers and bore several chop wounds.
Devout Trini Muslim robbed and killed
- By Newsday
- Published 02/1/2007
- War, Terrorism , Violence, Criminality
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Tariq Ali, 40, of Alfredo Street, Woodbrook, left his home on Sunday
telling relatives that he was going to the ATM Machine in Woodbrook.
Reports revealed that Ali was walking along Adam Smith Square around 9.30 pm ,when he was confronted by a group of men who beat him on the head and robbed him of cash.
A passerby who witnessed the killing alerted the Woodbrook Police and the bleeding Ali was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.
He succumbed to his injuries on Monday night.
Reports revealed that Ali was walking along Adam Smith Square around 9.30 pm ,when he was confronted by a group of men who beat him on the head and robbed him of cash.
A passerby who witnessed the killing alerted the Woodbrook Police and the bleeding Ali was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.
He succumbed to his injuries on Monday night.
Trinidad Muslim MP's son kidnapped and murdered
- By Newsday
- Published 05/18/2004
- War, Terrorism , Violence, Criminality
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THOUSANDS of mourners, including politicians, lawyers, doctors
and members of several Islamic organisations, turned out at the
Barrackpore Islamic Community Centre to bid farewell to Ashmead Baksh,
30, son of UNC MP for Naparima Nizam Baksh, who was shot to death and
partially burnt one day after being kidnapped. Police investigating the
weekend murder of Baksh, a contract supervisor who worked in his
father’s contracting business, told Newsday that fear of being held by
persons searching for Baksh, including members of the
Jamaat-al-Muslimeen, led to the kidnappers aborting their plans to hold
Baksh for a $5 million ransom and, in the end, deciding to kill him
instead.
Kidnap victim Ashmead Baksh, Shazara Baksh sister, and father Nizam Baksh, MP for Naparima.
Ashmead
Baksh’s widow Reshma, seated left, and mother Latiffa, being
hugged at right, are among the Muslim women who mourned his death at
his funeral in Barrackpore yesterday.