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Black Flags of the Caribbean

Black Flags of the Caribbean

How Trinidad Became an ISIS Hotspot

Simon Cottee

To Azard Ali

In the same area I met up with a brother who was a sniper from the Caribbean I asked him about his path to guidance and how he arrived to the Islamic State. He replied, I read about jihad in the Quran and contemplated its verses, such as the statement of Allah, Go forth, whether light or heavy (At-Tawbah 41), at which point I began to search for the path to jihad. When the Islamic State was announced, my brother and I raced towards it, and Allah facilitated for us the path to reach it, and to Him belong all praise and grace. So I said to him jokingly, We will return to the Caribbean as conquerorswith Allahs permissionand eat from your fish, and from its coconuts and bananas. At which he replied, Never. I dont want anything except Jannah.

Rumiyah 12, August 6, 2017

These were not your average young dont-give-a-damn Trinidadians. These men were about serious business, life and death business.

Raoul A. Pantin, Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago, (Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2007), p. 46.

How can yall really call this a paradise?

Aliya Abdul Haqq, Facebook, August 15, 2014.

Source: Google Maps

abaya	a garment of clothing for both sexes, covering most of the body
alhamdulillah	thanks and Praise to God
aloo pie	a fried dumpling with a spicy mashed potato filling
akhi	brother
apostate	someone who has renounced his or her faith
bacchanal	a public row, scandal, quarreling, confusion
bayah	an oath of allegiance to a leader
bullin	to copulate
burka	full face and body covering
caliph	a leader of Islam who claims succession from Muhammad
channa	chickpeas
dawah	the proselytizing or preaching of Islam
Dawla, al-	the state
doubles	a street-food snack made with two baras (deep fried flat-bread) filled with curried chickpeas
deen	religion or belief
dunya	the temporal world
emir	leader, commander
ghusl	ritual cleansing/bath
hadith	reports relating to the sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; some collections are considered more authentic and reliable than others
hajj	the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which every adult Muslim of either sex must make at least once in their lifetime
hijab	covering; a veil that covers the head and chest
hijrah	migration to Islamic territory
hoss	friend
imam	leader in prayer; leader of the Muslim community
iman	faith; belief
inshallah	if God wills
jihad	struggle for the sake of God (including military engagement)
jannah	heaven
jus	just
kafir	an unbeliever
kuffar	plural of the above
keffiyeh	a traditional Middle Eastern headdress worn by men
kunya	nom de guerre
lime/liming	to hang out, to go drinking
maxi-taxis	minibuses that operate along fixed routes and are color-coded according to destination
mujahid	Islamic fighter
mujahideen	plural of the above
nasheeds	an Islamic song or hymn, performed without music
niqab	garment of clothing that covers the face, showing only eyes
nutting	nothing
Puncheon	a brand of inexpensive Trinidadian white-rum, notorious for its paint-stripping quality
rahmah	mercy
roti	a type of Indian flatbread, to be eaten alongside or filled with curried chickpeas or meats
sahwah	uprising, awakening
salafi	a term used to denote those who rigorously follow the example of the companions (Salaf) of the Prophet
sallallahu	Praise be upon him
alaihi wasallam shahid	witness/martyr
shalwar kameez	a long tunic worn over a pair of baggy trousers
soca	the national music of T&T
steups	an expression of annoyance or derision made by sucking air and saliva through the teeth
subhanallah	glory be to God
takfir	the practice of declaring another Muslim an apostate
taqiyyah	concealment, dissimulation
tawhid	oneness of God
ting	thing
Trini	Trinidadian, Trinbagonian; citizen of T&T
T&T	Trinidad and Tobago
yuh	you
ummah	the community or nation of Islam, composed of all Muslims worldwide
umrah	a pilgrimage to Mecca, performed by Muslims that can be undertaken at any time of the year
washin dey	bad talking on someone, speaking ill of another person
mout
zakat	alms-giving, charity
zina	adultery

It was a gloomy and wet November morning in a busy shopping district in central Trinidad when the killer calmly walked up to the white Nissan, motionless at a red traffic-light, and opened fire. At the adjacent KFC, which was doing a brisk trade on the first Sunday of the Christmas shopping season, a few customers gathered by the window to see what was going on, but they were in no rush to go out and investigate further. The two men inside the car were killed instantly. Both were shot twice in the chest at point-blank range. The killer, whose carefully choreographed movements were captured on a CCTV camera, strolled back to the car he came in and sped off with two accomplices.

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