Media Release: In Response to Prime Minister's Statements Wednesday night while addressing a People’s National Movement political meeting in Barataria.

Media Release:

Re: In Response to Prime Minister's Statements Wednesday night while addressing a People’s National Movement political meeting in Barataria.

The renowned Martin Luther King Jr. once said "Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity". This is the Mantra that seems to be following Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley around since Wednesday night while addressing a People’s National Movement political meeting in Barataria, where he made statements referring to raids on mosques over the Carnival period saying they were justified after “lethal weapons, arms and ammunition” were found at the Masjid-ul-Muttaqeen Mosque in Cunupia on Thursday.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) is holding firm by our statement in our last media release dated 7th June 2018 in which we stated "this (Discovery of five weapons and ammunition in the ceiling at the Masjid) has the signature of a false flag operation. Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) have always held the view that the Anti-Gang Bill and the Anti-Terrorism Bill are two legislation crafted to target Muslims in this country."

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) is advocating the weapons and ammunition was placed there by law enforcement officers or a person or persons acing in collusion with law enforcement. Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) has received intelligence that the police had earlier received instructions to execute a search warrant at the very same Masjid later on that day - what a remarkable concurrence of events! - As was stated in our last release, "It is only by the mercy of Allah that those weapons were found by members of the Masjid and not a planned raid executed by the police." or else we would have been having a different conversation today.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) holds the view that Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is unaware of his role and function as Prime Minister and is oblivious to what is happening within his government. If the Prime Minister is so keen on finding justification, he needs to answer:

Why was the sovereignty of our Twin Island State compromised when after the Jordanian authorities uncovered information of a plot to disrupt our carnival, why was the information was sent to the United States and not to us?

Why did United States after receiving this information did not issue a travel advisory but only did so long after our authorities made mention of it?

Why was the safety of the American citizens compromised and not warned before they traveled here to enjoy the carnival celebrations?

Were the US spy planes truly spying on our nationals or where they spying on Venezuela in response to the news of the Brazilian authorities warning Guyana of an imminent attack by Venezuela, hence the presence of Russian spy ships on our shores - Venezuela remains one of Russia's most important trading and military allies in Latin America (after Brazil).

State the true reasons why Umar Abdullah was not invited to the Diplomatic Center when he (The Prime Minister) met with the Muslim Community?

Only when Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley can provide answers to these questions, would Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) entertain his "justification" theory. If the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley cannot provide answers to these questions then we are of the firm believe that there is a Shadow Government operating within the Government to destabilize Trinidad and Tobago into chaos and anarchy.

Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) recognizes the statements of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as Islamophobic, sacrilegious and contentious and is calling on the Prime Minister to apologize to the Muslim Community in like manner and if this is not done, Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front) is calling on the entire Muslim Community to boycott and reject the Prime Minister's address to the Nation on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.

For Immediate Release:
Date: 9th June 2018

Umar Abdullah
Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front)
Tel: +18687870765 or +18683656253

The Issue of Land Grabbing...

The Prime Minister was very reckless in her rhetoric... Knowing the culture of our people she and her administration should have known this was what would have happened… Instead of announcing publicly and promising to regularize all squatting, what they should have embarked upon was to fix the social ills that would have caused this type of action and reaction in the first place.

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)