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The head of the Muslim community in Tobago Kameal Ali is appealing to people involved in criminal activity to “turn to God.”
He expressed concern at the alarming rate of crime in Trinidad but said in Tobago “it is not so bad.”
Ali warned that those committing crimes will one day have to “stand before God and he will judge you and punish you.”
Ali said the recent murder in the carpark of a mosque in Arima and the discovery of arms and ammunition in a mosque in central Trinidad, combined with robberies at Hindu temples and churches were “the lowest depth humanity can go.”
Commenting on criticisms of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley by some in the Muslim community, Ali said he felt people had misinterpreted what the Prime Minister said.
“I don’t think he meant to attack the Muslim community or meant any harm,” he said.
Ali added that the jury is still out on the so called Carnival plot.
“Nobody has been charged, but we wait until the authorities complete their investigation,” he said.
He however did not want to comment on claims by Keegan Roopchan that he was forced to go along with the Carnival plot which was scripted by Jordanians, saying he did not “know the individual, and did not have any information.”
Ali was speaking shortly after Eid observances at the Masjid al Tawbad in Scarborough, Tobago, where Imam Muzafar Mohammed urged Muslims not to let the religious gains of the Holy month of Ramadhan go to waste.