When You’re a Statistic
Original post cab accessed here It’s been said that a liberal is just a conservative that hasn’t been mugged yet. Sometimes it takes something traumatic…
Anti-terror
T & T 1990 coup Leaders property auctioned by the State
Originally posted in the Trinidad Express THE FAMILY of Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr was able to buy back two of ten properties which…
The Word from a Merciful Lord, is PEACE
Is it true to say that Islam was spread by the sword? The word Islam means peace, so that the message projected by this word…
1990 – 20 YEARS LATER IN TRINIDAD: ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUSLIMEEN UPRISING
Friday 27 July 1990: Jamaat al Muslimeen gunmen invaded parliament and took as hostages the then Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson, Cabinet Ministers, other Members of…
Islamic Scholar Issues Anti-Terrorism Fatwa
Suicide bombers have been described as the “heroes of hellfire” by a leading Muslim scholar in a fatwa condemning terrorists as the enemies of Islam. …
A small part on a big day
Allah, the Exalted, says: “Worship Allah and join none with Him (in worship); and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, the poor, the neighbour who…
Controversial Jamaican Muslim deported from Kenya
First published in Jamaica Observer JAMAICAN-BORN Muslim, Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal, was quizzed by Special Branch investigators for nearly an hour when he returned to the…
Jamaica Muslims reinforce ban on al-Faisal
Access to original post in Jamaica Observer here January 11th 2010: The Jamaica Observer is reporting that local Islamic leaders across the country agreed yesterday…
Jamaica Muslim Leader Worries About Radical Cleric Return
January 6, 2010: The head of Jamaica’s Muslim community expressed alarm Wednesday over the pending return of a radical cleric who served time in a…
Reflections on my visit to Yemen
When I spoke to Arabs I met in the Gulf (where I currently live) about my plans to visit Yemen half didn’t say much, while…