Stabroek News editorial bias
The recent Stabroek News editorial on Guyana’s foreign policies titled, “One Man Diplomacy,” which focus mainly on the Arab Spring was obviously bias. Bias because…
Articles by Raymond Chickrie
Muslims in Suriname: Facing Triumphs and Challenges in a Plural Society
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume 31, 2011 Issue No 1. Pages 79-99 | Published online: 19 Apr 2011 Abstract The paper reviews the arrival…
Government of Guyana recognizes the State of Palestine
It comes as no surprise that Guyana yesterday declared official recognition of a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders. In a news release the Foreign…
Dutch Anti-Islamic Party calls for Suriname to end Islamic Ties
The Netherlands’s anti-Islamic Freedom Party (PVV), headed by Geert Wilders, a coalition partner of the current government in the Hague has demanded that all Dutch…
Guyana appoints First Ambassador to Kuwait
Wednesday, 01 December 2010: Guyana has appointed Odeen Ishmael as its Ambassador to Kuwait but government has not announced who would replace him as the…
OIC Secretary General Meets with the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname in New York
The leaders of Guyana and Suriname met the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in New York, on…
Suriname forge ties with Muslim Nations
Since taking office in August 2010, Suriname’s new President, Desi Bouterse is set to expand ties with the Islamic world via the forum of the…
Kuwait Prime Minister make historic Guyana visit
After visiting Antigua and Barbuda, Mexico and Cuba on a 3-week tour of Latin America and the Caribbean, Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser al Mohammed…
Suriname Muslim organizations seek to make Hajj feasible
June 10, 2010: In an effort to make Hajj cheaper and easier for Surinamese, Muslim organizations met on June 8th in Paramaribo. President of the…
Guyana Attends OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tajikistan
Guyana is participating in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 37th Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. In the past two…