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,…
Articles by Nazim Baksh
Clinging to the Spirit of Muhammad ﷺ
In response to the vanguards of intolerance in the West, a tiny but loud contingent of Muslim extremists appear all too willing to trample on…
Guyana: Time to take action to stop violence against women
Guyanese should stop complaining about domestic violence. It is time for action. If there is a paucity of ideas at home it might be a…
“Together we Triumph” – getting real and relevant.
Each year for the past five the Muslim Communities in the Greater Toronto Area hosts an Annual Appreciation Banquet. This year it was held on…
A VICTORY FOR OBAMA WILL BE MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR MUSLIM TRINIDADIANS
If Senator Barack Obama is elected President of the United States of America, the resolute endorsement he got from former Secretary of State (2001-2005) Colin…
Commentary: The Prophet(ﷺ) and the ‘Gulag’
Muhammad and the Gulag ←Click to Download I hadn’t come to the American military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to reflect on the teachings of…
Paper: The Call of Muhammad (ﷺ)
Click to download→ The Call of Muhammad ﷺ Europe holds some deep Islamic secrets embedded in its history, theology, culture and literature. But none is…
Bacchanal in the Land of Carnival
GIVEN the level of crime in the idyllic Caribbean island-state of Trinidad and Tobago, everything from murder and kidnapping to corruption and robbery, I was…
Understanding Tradition
“Tradition” in academic circles has come to signify old fashioned customs, archaic cultural practices, ossified ideas handed down from the past and articulated to the…