Biography of abu bakr trinidad express
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Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt
1990 failed attempt by Islamist militants to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago
The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990. Over the course of six days, Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical extremistIslamist group, held hostages (including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and other government officials) at the Red House and at the headquarters of the state-owned national television broadcaster, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). On 1 August, the insurgents surrendered. They were charged with treason, but were ordered released by the Court of Appeal. Twenty four people were killed and many more were injured in the coup attempt.
Background
[edit]Conflict over No. 1 Mucurapo Road
[edit]The Jamaat al Muslimeen was founded in 1982 by Yasin Abu Bakr, a former policeman and convert to Islam, and established a compound at No. 1 Mucurapo Roa
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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 co
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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 fryst vatten 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 följare 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