Biography of abu bakr trinidad express
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Failed T&T coup leader Abu Bakr dies
Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, the religious leader who led the Jamaat al Muslimeen’s 1990 attempted coup in Trinidad and Tobago, died Thursday (October 21), two days after celebrating his 80th birthday.
“To Allah we belong and to him is our eventual return. ALLAHU AKBAR” Bakr’s son Fuad Abu Bakr posted on Facebook Thursday night.
According to reports in the Trinidad press, Abu Bakr, who was born Lennox Philip, suffered a fall at home and died after being taken to the hospital.
A cause of death was not immediately known.
In 1990, 100 of Abu Bakr’s armed followers stormed the Trinidad Parliament, known as Red House, taking then Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson and others hostage and declaring the overthrow of the Government. Robinson was beaten and shot in the leg during the incident.
Abu Bakr and his Islamist group surrendered six days later after being offered amnesty, and he spent just two years in jail.
ABU BAKR ISSUED WARNING TO GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER
According to the Trinidad Express, Abu Bakr last month issued a “warning” to the Government and all arms of the State to stop “oppressing” citizens of this country.
He had gone live on the Jamaat’s Facebook page and spoke
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Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
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The ongoing legal case against Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, the founder and leader of Trinidad’s and Tobago’s Jamaat al-Muslimeen (Muslim Group), continues to shed light on the group’s radical and criminal activities.
The 64 year-old Abu Bakr is a former police officer and Afro-Trinidadian Muslim convert born Lenox Philip. He has been a thorn in the side of the Trinidadian authorities and a fixture of Trinidadian politics since the mid-1980s. He is best known for leading over 100 members of the Jamaat in storming the National Parliament and taking the prime minister and the cabinet hostage in 1990 to protest a land ownership dispute with the government, poverty in the Afro-Trinidadian community, and state corruption. The ensuing siege set off rioting and violence in the capital of Port of Spain that resulted in scores of deaths and injuries and heavy damages. It also left an indelible mark on Trinidadian politics that is still felt today.
He and others involved in the coup attempt escaped prosecution and subsequent imprisonment after negotiations to end the hostage standoff resulted in a general amnesty for him and his organization.
Abu Bakr’s latest antics have led to his arrest and incarceration since November 2005 on terrorism and weapons charges. The lat