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- p. 318, Sociology of Religion in India, Rowena Robinson, Sage Publications, 2004. ISBN 0-7619-9781-4.
- Denominational primary schooling: The case of Trinidad and Tobago, Clayton G. Mackenzie, International Review of Education37, #2 (June 1991), pp. 211–226.
- ASJA condemns Danish cartoons, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday, February 4, 2006.
