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The Trinidad Muslim League (TML) Jinnah Memorial Mosque

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The Trinidad Muslim League (TML) Jinnah Memorial Mosque

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The Trinidad Muslim League Incorporated, situated on the Eastern Main Road St. Joseph, officially opened the doors of the Jinnah Memorial Mosque on Sunday 25th April 1954 after construction began just 3 years earlier in January 1951. The first Adhan (call to prayer) was given by Mohammed Yakub Khan of Curepe and the ‘Asr prayer was led by Moulvi Ameer Ali. All of the members of the Jama’at (congregation) worked hard to acquire the funding and help needed to build what was then one of the largest mosques in Trinidad.

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Hosay is an Islamic festival observed by Shi'a Muslims throughout the world.  The celebration was brought to Trinidad as early as 1845.  Although referred to as a festival, Hosay really isn't - at least, not in the strictest sense of the word.In Trinidad, the observances have evolved to include participants from all races, religions and walks of life.  The largest observance is held in St. James, a suburb of Port of Spain, but you can also find Hosay processions in Curepe, Tunapuna, Couva and Cedros.

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CONTROVERSIES RELATED TO ISLAM IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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CONTROVERSIES RELATED TO ISLAM IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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FESTIVALS RELATED TO ISLAM - EID UL-FITR

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FESTIVALS RELATED TO ISLAM - EID UL-FITR

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Eid-ul-Fitr, often abbreviated as simply Eid and sometimes spelled Eid-al-Fitr in the Roman alphabet, is an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting. Fitr means "to break" and therefore symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period and of all sinful habits.

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Shango Baptists (Trinidad) is believed to be derived from Orisha, and they share the same rituals and practices. It is also a combination of a mixture of Catholicism and Yoruba beliefs.

Voodoo (Haiti) originated with slaves who combined elements of their West African traditions and beliefs with Roman Catholicism. The word "voodoo" means deity or spirit and the life of devotees s governed by many spirits called loa.

Santeria (Cuba) is a fairly complex system and means way of the saints. It blends the Yoruba orishas or divine beings with the Catholic saints.

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CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE CARIBBEAN

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CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE CARIBBEAN

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In 1996, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago granted a public holiday to the Spiritual Baptist faith, to be celebrated on March 30, called Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day. This was created to remember the struggle and the recognition of the repeal of the prohibition laws. Trinidad and Tobago is the only country that celebrates this holiday.

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Divali is the main Hindu festival that is widely celebrated throughout the Caribbean.

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There are quite a lot of Hindu schools in Trinidad

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This newspaper article describes the various groupings of Hindus in Trinidad and Tobago. The four different groupings of Hinduism are Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and Smartism.

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Many of the beliefs were based on the Vedas, collections of hymns and ceremonies passed down orally by Aryan priests and then eventually written down. Hindus believe in a spiritual force called Brahman, which can take the form of many gods, like: Brahma the Creator (God), Vishnu the Preserver, Shiva the Destroyer, or Ganesh, the elephant-headed god of strength.

For Hindus, life's goal is to seek union with Brahman, a quest that may take several lifetimes. For that reason, Hindus believe in reincarnation, meaning the soul never dies and is reborn again in another person, animal, vegetable, or mineral.

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CONTROVERSIES RELATING TO SPIRITUAL BAPTIST

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CONTROVERSIES RELATING TO SPIRITUAL BAPTIST

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Colonial laws criminalized their religion because it was often perceived as witchcraft. During the days of slavery and after the ex slaves merged African and Christian beliefs to form a hybrid religion indigenous to the Caribbean region.This attachment is a newspaper article that gives a more in dept look on why the religion was not a widely accepted one.

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Spiritual Shouter Baptists - A faith misunderstood

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The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

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This image shows one of the main instruments Spiritual Baptists use in their worship. "Ringing the bell" during worship is use to represent:

(a) The Gospels

(b) The Voice of one crying in the wilderness- John the Baptist

(c) Call to Worship

(d) Awakens the believers souls to the presence of the Holy Spirit.

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This image shows the first Spiritual Shouter Baptist School. It was opened on the 2nd of September, 2012 and was said to be a historic moment for the people who believed in the faith.

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Three East Indian women labourers in Trinidad, 1890s

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Three East Indian women labourers in Trinidad, 1890s

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This picture of these three East Indian women on the plantation shows a representation of the garments these immigrants wore.

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The sacred text of Rastafarianism is the Holy Piby, the "Black Man's Bible." Anguilla's Robert Rogers compiled the text from 1913 to 1917 and was published in 1924. This book is an altered version of the Christian Bible due to the removal of distortions that are believed to have been made by white leaders during its translation into English.

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Rastafarians worship Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974). They believe that he is Jesus incarnate which is the resurrected Jesus. Many Rastafarians trace Haile Selassie's lineage back to King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. They believe that the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon found in the Book of Kings (1 Kings 10:1-13) provides further proof of the divinity of Haile Selassie I.

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The Rastafarian lifestyle usually includes ritual use of marijuana (Psalm 104:14), avoidance of alcohol, the wearing of one's hair in dreadlocks (symbolizes the lion mane of Judah, Rasta roots in Africa, biblical command not to cut hair), and vegetarianism.

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BOB MARLEY'S INFLUENCE ON RASTAFARIANISM

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BOB MARLEY'S INFLUENCE ON RASTAFARIANISM

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The most famous Rastafari is Bob Marley, whose reggae music gained the Jamaican movement international recognition. This video shows an interview with Bob Marley who gives his perspective on reggae music, Haile Selassie, and Marcus Garvey. This artifact helped to emphasize the different elements that contributed to the Rastafarian religion.

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Bob Marley about reggae, Haile Selassie, Marcus Garvey, Ethiopia, Rasta, Africa

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Bob Marley interviewed by Gil Noble talks about Emperor Haile Selassie (Rastafari) of Ethiopia, Rasta movement, Africa, Marcus Garvey, black people in America, the Bible, Zimbabwe, Jamaica and his family and musical career

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This movement began when a black Jamaican man named Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) introduced teachings based on a "Back to Africa" theme. Such teachings emphasized that Africans are the true Israelites and have been exiled to Jamaica and other parts of the world as punishment. Rastafarianism developed in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica in the 1920s and 30s and is a religious-political movement. It is made up of three major sects: Nyahbinghi, Bobo Ashanti and the Twelve Tribes of Israel.

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Despite the African influences; Spiritual Baptists consider themselves to be Christians and are mainly found in specific Caribbean islands such as Trinidad, Grenada, Barbados and St. Lucia. The name "Shouter" derives from the fact that when the Baptists "catch the spirit", they clap and shout, making a loud noise. The activities of the Spiritual Baptists in Ordinance, which was eventually repealed in 1951.

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In writing of the national history, the Muslim narrative has not been well developed so far. Of course Muslims constitute a small minority, around seven per cent of the national population over the last decades. Though enslaved Africans first brought Islam to Trinidad “think of the Mandingos of the early 1800s” until recently, Muslims were mainly identified with the Indo-Trinidadian population, the great majority of whom were (and are) Hindus. So Muslims were a minority of a minority: until the 1960s or 1970s nearly all Muslims were Indian, and Indo-Trinidadians were themselves a (large) minority. In the Caribbean, Islamic marriages were declared legal in 1936 while Hindu ceremonies remained outside the aw until 1946.

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When slavery was abolished, religious diversity increased as indentured East Indian immigrants were brought to the Caribbean (1838 - 1917) to labor on the sugar plantations. They had their own beliefs and practices and hence brought them to the region. However, the colonial government attempted to repress East Indian religious practices, in an effort to "westernize" them. Almost one quarter of the population of Trinidad and Tobago is Hindu. Many East Indians also settled in Guyana and Suriname. This image in particular shows the main symbol used in the Hinduism religion and hence shows

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In Caribbean society, the existing dominating religion is Christianity. When Europeans came to the Caribbean, they brought their own religions: The Spanish and French were devout Roman Catholics, while the British were Protestants. Irish migrants from Britain brought Catholicism with them as well, and the Dutch brought both Catholicism and Dutch Reform beliefs.

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This pie chart shows a statistical view of religious diversity in Trinidad and Tobago. It can be seen that the Roman Catholic and Protestant religions still dominate the Caribbean.

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THE IMPACT OF RELIGION IN CARIBBEAN SOCIETY

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THE IMPACT OF RELIGION IN CARIBBEAN SOCIETY

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During and after slavery in the Caribbean region, religious diversity became more and more prevalent. Religion was used as a means of retaining ancestral links especialy in plural societies such as Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname. It let to an expansion in education. In the aftermath of emancipation, Primary schools were opened by missionaries and religious organisations and continue to the present day.