Word: muslimeen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seeds of the crisis were planted eight years ago after a former policeman named Lennox Phillip went to Canada to study engineering and returned to Trinidad as Yasin Abu Bakr, an ardent Islamic radical. Bakr soon became the leader of the Jamaat al-Muslimeen, or Group of Muslims. The Islamic splinter group, with few ties to the mainstream Muslims who make up 6% of the Trinidad and Tobago population of 1.3 million, espoused a potent mixture of religious fundamentalism and left-wing politics. The self-styled "Imam" traveled to Libya and was a vocal supporter of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi...
While the audacious putsch introduced a new and disquieting dimension of Muslim extremism to the Caribbean, Jamaat al-Muslimeen remains a fringe group. Still, leaders attending last week's annual Caribbean Community meeting in Jamaica were haunted by the specter of Middle East-style Muslim uprisings...
Bakr, a former policeman, founded the militant Jamaat al-Muslimeen, or Group of Muslims, six years ago to preach a violent but moralistic antidrug message. He and his band are said to receive money from Libya. As gunfire and explosions rocked the capital overnight, Trinidad's 5,000-member police force moved into the streets to restore order. Government officials declared that they were in control, but at week's end Bakr continued to hold his captives...
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