Letter to Madam Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Date: 10 June 2010

Your Ref:

Our Ref:

Re: Madam Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar

Peace, Guidance and Salutations to you Madam Prime Minister;

I entertain Allah’s praise, there is no god but He, the Sovereign, the Holy, the Source of peace, the Giver of peace, the Guardian of faith, the Preserver of safety I also entertain that Muhammad is His last and final Messenger.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah would like to inform you that at no point in time did we ever support any Political Party in the 2010 General Elections. We voted for no one. We see this act of voting in Democratic Elections as Haram which is a violation of our God given rights and obligations.

Muhammad reminded Muslims that “The believer is not bitten from the same hole twice.”

Political parties contradict Islam and also give legislative authority to man besides Allah. Muslims should secure their Islamic interest politically but politically within the means that Islam allows. Islam does not permit Muslims to vote in none Islamic based elections. Whilst elections and voting for a political leader is committed in Islam it is only permitted for an Islamic leadership and within the Islamic System, no such system exists today this is the burning problem and vital issue for the Muslims globally. 

How can Muslims vote for local or national interest at the expense of the interests of their global ummah? How Muslims can votes for a manifesto that contradicts Islam and compromises Allah’s’ sovereignty? Muslims must be political upon Islam, forging unity and self-reliance. This would give us Muslims the means to engage, while at the same time retaining the Islamic values and dignity and avoid exploitation and humiliation both in this world and the next. It is against this backdrop that we make the following statement:

Waajihatul Islammiyyah (The Islamic Front) will monitor the New People’s Partnership Government in light of their promises made to the people of this nation; keeping in mind promises made by previous Governments before were never fulfilled. Remember the promises made by the PNM? And to date, Manning has the longest list of broken promises of any leader in the Caribbean. We demand that these promises made by the New People’s Partnership Government, be fulfilled in the time set out in your Manifesto. Failure to do so will be met with stiff resistance. Having said that, we will also be looking very closely at your policies as it relates to the following:

·         Gay Rights and Abortion

·         Illegal Immigrants (Undocumented Immigrants), Human Rights and Prison Reform

·         Sustainable development, agriculture  and  the Preservation of the Environment and eco systems

·         Accessing Information and Education reform that will balance the scale of intellectual perception.

·         Public consultation and participation

·         Health and safety

·         Crime and Socioeconomic ills.

·         Emergency and disaster relief

·         The continued granting of licence to sell spirituous liquors.

·         Interest Free Housing and Medical care for Muslims especially Muslim Sisters

·         Islamic Banking and the Setting up of an Islamic Court

·         Facilitating Muslims wanting to perform Haj by forging new diplomatic and travel relations with the Saudi Government

·         The God given right of every citizen to bear arms to defend themselves.

Your foreign and local policy as regards laws affecting our Muslim Brothers and Sisters such as laws forbidding Muslim women to wear the Hijab and the Burka, laws forbidding the building of Minarets, and whole Body scans at our nation’s airports and check-in Points in other countries etc. and equally important your relationship with the Rogue State of Israel. Letters regarding these issues were sent to the Foreign Ministry of the previous administration as well as the various Foreign Missions to no avail, pointing out the negative impact on the Foreign Ministries office and by extension the government.

We suggest that your Foreign Ministry play a more decisive and active role in International Relations especially the relation between the capitalist, democratic world and Islam.

We have seen in recent times an Israeli attack on two aid convoy to the Gaza. Those Israeli soldiers invaded those ships in international waters, breaking international law, and, killing civilians.

The Israeli government approved the boarding of those aid ships by an elite unit of commandoes. They were armed with automatic weapons to pacify the civilians on board and not with crowd dispersal equipment in case of resistance. Whatever the circumstances of the confrontation, Israel must be held responsible for sending in soldiers and recklessly endangering the lives of all the civilians on board, including a baby and a Holocaust survivor.

Israel has no right to control Gaza’s sea as its own territorial waters and to stop aid convoys arriving that way. In doing so, it proves that it is still in belligerent occupation of the enclave and its 1.5 million inhabitants. And if it is occupying Gaza, then under international law Israel is responsible for the welfare of the Strip’s inhabitants. Given that the blockade has put Palestinians there on a starvation diet for the past four years, Israel should long ago have been in the dock for committing these crimes against humanity.

Today Israel chose to direct its deadly assault not only at Palestinians under occupation but at the international community itself. All of the world’s leaders must move to act!


PLEASE be advised I am prepared to do whatever it takes to properly deal with these

matters. These are the policies that will stand on the threshold between your Government and Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front). These are the policies that will determine our relationship in the coming months. These are the policies that will either make or break your Government.

Madam Prime Minister... I am open for dialog on these and other issues that affect us Muslims here in Trinidad and Tobago. You can contact me through the following Numbers: 787-0765/365-6253 or email me at waajihatulislaamiyyah@gmail.com. Please don't allow this opportunity to pass you by. Thank You.

Peace, Guidance and Salutations

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Umar Abdullah

Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)