What Emancipation Still Demands
President Ali’s appeal for us to avoid suspicion and enmity is worth underscoring. It speaks to the civic lessons of emancipation.
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The Forgotten Muslims of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Recovering a Lost Chapter of Islamic History
Every year, Emancipation Day reminds us of one of humanity’s darkest chapters: the transatlantic slave trade. We remember the millions of African men, women and children who were captured, transported across the Atlantic, and forced into lives of bondage. Yet within that history lies a chapter that is too often overlooked: the story of the thousands of Muslims who were among the enslaved.
From Chains to Justice: Emancipation, the Qur’an, and the Unfinished Struggle Against Racism
True emancipation is achieved only when societies reject racism, dismantle systems of discrimination, uphold the equal dignity of every human being, and refuse to build prosperity upon the exploitation of others.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Growing Engagement with Israel Questioned
The relationship between Trinidad and Tobago and the State of Israel has once again come under strong criticism from the Islamic Missionaries Guild (IMG) President and the Concerned Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago (CMTT) Public Relations Officer, Imtiaz Mohammed.
ASJA Voices Concern Over Trinidad and Tobago’s UN Vote, Urges Return to Longstanding Support for Palestinian Rights
The Anjuman Sunnat ul Jamaat Association Inc. (ASJA) has issued a media release expressing concern over the recent vote cast by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago at the United Nations regarding the reappointment of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
A Requiem for What Was Written at Sea
In the wake of the MV Barima tragedy, as the waters off Guyana’s coast yielded body after body, the instinct has been to ask why. Why this vessel, why that night, why these lives.
The Tel Aviv-Port of Spain Fallacy: Unmasking Zionist Lobbying in Trinidad and Tobago
There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that dresses itself up as scholarship, and Nicholas Jagdeo has perfected it.
Silence Is No Longer Neutral: Its Time For Guyana’s Muslims To Speak on India’s Religious Freedom Crisis
There are moments in history when silence is interpreted not as prudence, but as acquiescence. The ongoing treatment of religious minorities in India is one…
Islam in the Caribbean in the 1980s, Challenges of 1990s
The history of Islam and the presence of Muslims in the Caribbean have been a very unique experience, which needs to be adequately researched and documented. Progress made in the 1980s and challenges for the 1990s and beyond.
Dr Mansoor Ibrahim: A Life of Work, Method and Discipline
The University of St Andrews has published a remarkable tribute to Dr Mansoor Ibrahim (MB ChB 1966), tracing his extraordinary journey from “Behind the Bridge” in east Port of Spain