RoP Leader Arrested in Trinidad
Charles Johnson
Fri Nov 11, 2005 at 8:54 am PST • Views: 268
Trinidadian Police Arrest Islamic Leader.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad - Trinidadian police have arrested an Islamic leader, whose group stormed Parliament 15 years ago and took the prime minister and his Cabinet hostage.
Yasin Abu Bakr, 64, leader of Jamaat al-Muslimeen, was arrested Monday and charged on Wednesday with sedition and violent incitement. On Thursday, police forced their way into his compound, detaining as many as 11 people, before releasing most of them, authorities said. The police razed the compound.
Abu Bakr last week called for war against all rich Muslims who refuse to pay zakaat, an Islamic tithe used to alleviate poverty.
In 1990, Abu Bakr’s group bombed police headquarters, stormed Parliament and took the prime minister and his Cabinet hostage in a rebellion that left 24 people dead. The rebels eventually surrendered and were later pardoned.
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