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.
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.
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.
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.
There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that dresses itself up as scholarship, and Nicholas Jagdeo has perfected it.
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…
History loses its meaning when its lessons are abandoned. To remember injustice while inflicting injustice is not remembrance; it is contradiction. Every innocent life carries equal dignity, regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, or political cause.
Attorney General John Jeremie has designated three international organisations as terrorist entities under Trinidad and Tobago’s Anti-Terrorism Act, triggering immediate legal action to freeze any local assets linked to the groups.
The Qur’ān and the Bible both preserve a powerful memory: some prophets and righteous figures were rejected, persecuted, and even killed by their own people.
are we human beings intimidated, deluded or simply distracted?