Barbados’s newly appointed and youngest Senator, Khaleel Kothdiwala, made his debut in the Upper House on November 5th 2026. Here, our Barbados correspondent Suleiman Bulbulia reflects on the momentous achievement.
The right of Muslims to teach and preserve their religious beliefs should not be confused with hostility towards Christians, Hindus or any other faith groups.
There was no logical reason to protest His Majesty King Charles III’s visit to Guyana. Basic courtesy and respect is a right of the guest.
For Barbados, preserving the Indian and Muslim experience is therefore not simply an exercise in community history. It is an exercise in preserving Barbadian history.
Her contribution to the early development and success of the GIT was critical. As a pioneer of the Islamic work in Guyana, she helped give the emerging community stability, warmth, confidence and resilience.
The deeper messages of Surah al-Māʿūn: religion should not merely change how we stand before God; it should change how we stand beside one another.
The Qur’an’s account of Pharaoh is not simply the story of a cruel ruler from the distant past. It is a profound examination of authority, institutional power, coercion, moral responsibility and the struggle to keep power subject to justice.
UWI’s Institute of International Relations cancels Israel webinar
A planned webinar featuring Israeli diplomat Ephraim Ben Matityau at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus, has triggered protests from students and Muslim community organizations, who are calling on the university to cancel the event and questioning the framing of its subject.
Post 1857 colonial India’s Muslim communities that had once lived within an imperial order increasingly had to organise itself through voluntary institutions.