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The following post from the Guardian newspaper on Trinidad and Tobago is a salient potent reality of the eminent threat that the Islamic State poses not only Trinidad and Tobago but the Caribbean in general. Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean is being used by Salafist groups, as an experiment in asserting Sunni Islamist hegemony in the region. The article was published on   Sunday, June 25, 2017. Hajj Nezar Hamze, centre, speaks during a function with local Muslim representatives last week. PHOTO: MICHEAL BRUCE Heed the grievances of T&T Muslims or people may become susceptible to the Islamic State’s (ISIS) recruitment pitches. This is because Isis recruiters will not stop working and legislation alone may not curb the situation in T&T. That advice has been telegraphed to Government by Hajj Nezar Hamze, a US deputy sherrif from Broward County in Florida, who is an expert in countering the narrative of violent extremism and terrorist organi...

Media image from Islamic State's al-Furqan media.  The reason for this post is as a result of the video link shown being cited for penalty, under YouTube’s community rules. I posted the video as I was attempting to humanize, the Shaheed instead of dehumanizing the man, as is common in the media. Islam for me is one of the monotheist faiths along with Judaism and the Apostolic doctrine as laid down in the Holy Bible.  Everyone is posting today for likes and shares. Iam posting in an attempt, to quicken the consciousness of people. Those who want to may click on the link and the one that is static, paste it in your search engine and if you want to skip the portion that you English speakers may not understand, go to 3:37 in the video and listen for yourselves what he has to say. Only an abiding deep seated faith can cause anyone to willingly allow themselves to be eviscerated by explosives, in the name of God. The man in the video is convinced he is going to heave...