Abu Bakr laid to rest

(Trinidad Express) - Fuad Abu Bakr, son of 1990 insurrectionist Imam Yasin Abu Bakr, urged mourners to remember the good yesterday at the funeral service for his father.

Abu Bakr died on Thursday night at the St James Health Facility.

He had been at his home along Long Circular Road in St James, when he began experiencing pains and collapsed.

The service was held at the Jamaat-alMuslimeen on Mucurapo Road in St James. When the Express arrived, over 100 people were visible on the compound. And while most wore masks, there was little social distancing.

In the background, police sirens could be heard, as police patrolled the area.

However, no warnings were issued for breaches of the Covid-19 regulations while the Express was there.

“Remember the good. Remember the lessons the Imam has taught us. We each may have a different lesson we may hold to. But try to remember all. Let it change you. Let it change us. Let it change the world.

“We have changed the world and we will continue changing the world with this belief in a creator and these principles of Islam. We are powerful. Because if we do what Allah says, he will raise us high. And if we don’t do what he says, he debases us low.

“As we continue this journey that the Imam and others have started and have carried, let us do so with the same spirit of love of charity of forgiveness. Patch up the problems in your home, in your community. There is no one worthy of worship but Allah, and he has given us a system of life that provides for all of our needs. We hear it every Friday. Let it resound in our minds and enter our hearts, and exit in our actions and behaviours. Let us humble ourselves today, and every day,” Fuad Abu Bakr said.