NY Times:Trying to Stanch Trinidad’s Flow of Young Recruits to ISIS
As published by New York Times here ENTERPRISE, Trinidad and Tobago — By the time he was 17, Fahyim Sabur had memorized the Quran. At…
February 2017
Islam: The Long Road to Understanding
When it comes to religion, I am a cheerfully godless individual. I believe that the broad arc of history bends towards both justice and mercy….
Divided T & T Muslims in National Security Discussions
Meeting with National Security and US Embassy The Trinidad Guardian reports that: Government yesterday called on representatives of certain local Muslims organisations to share information…
Muslims Were Banned From the Americas as Early as the 16th Century
Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim On…
Middle East: Don’t Go There!
Published by Trinidad Guardian here “Clear my name…” That’s the appeal to the police and Government from Islamic studies scholar Tariq Mohammed who was detained…
Destructive walls of division
The premise of my very first column in Barbados TODAY back in November 2014 was an African proverb, “In crisis, the wise build bridges, while the…