Dr. Umar Abd-Allah – The roots project interview on Trinidad’s IBN
Between March 26 and April 7, 2010 Nazim Baksh, a Guyanese-born award-winning Canadian Journalist, accompanied Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, an American Islamic scholar and author,…
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The Merits of Reciting the Qur’an
Excerpt… 10) The Houses in which the Qur’an is Recited Become Illuminated to the Inhabitants of the Heavens Al-Bayhaqī has reported on the authority of…
Hafiz, the ‘Interpreter of Secrets’
Born in 1315, Shamseddin Mohammad, known as Hafiz, grew up in the city of Shiraz where he studied Qur’anic sciences. In his youth he learned…
Guyana should join ISESCO
Guyana should join the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Both Guyana and Suriname are…
The History of the New Grant Masjid
In 1937 eighteen (18) Jamaat members who lived around this area (New Grant) decided to get together and build a mosque. This land was donated…
A woman can lead.
Some Muslims are confused as to what they should do in the up coming General Elections of Trinidad and Tobago. The reason for being uncertain…
Can Islam and Secularism dialogue with each other?
By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand) First published at Two Circles here The question of whether or not there can be…
American scholar visited the region on fact finding tour.
“Wherever sugar went, slavery followed it like a parasite.” Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar-in-residence at the Nawawi Foundation,Chicago, U.S.A. Between March 26 and April 7,…
Islam in India since 629 AD (4H)
Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore) in the Indian state of Kerala. The story about this masjid is that the…
Guyana receives first Kuwaiti Ambassador
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Following the visit of President Bharrat Jagdeo to Kuwait early this year, the relationship between Guyana and Kuwait strengthened to the…