From Trinidad to Mecca
Access original post on BBC here. Nearly three million pilgrims have been performing the Islamic Pilgrimage in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. Amongst them,…
Culture
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…
Ode to Quaid-e-Azam Jinnah
Composed by Guyanese Muslim A. Samadeen of Albion, Berbice, Guyana. Published in Guyana’s “ISLAM AND NUR-E-ISLAM” pamphlet.
Winners Row at Guyana’s “National” Qaseeda Competition
Georgetown 2008-06-25:- Anna Catherina Islamic Complex reigned supreme as its contestants took first places in three of the four categories in the National Qaseeda Competition…
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad Beginning in the 19t h century, a wave of indentured workers were brought by the British from India…
Hosay: Caribbean Cultural Expression of a Shi’ite Heritage
The following essay depicts the organic process of religious practices that adapt to foreign assimilation efforts that stave off cultural amnesia. During 1845-1917 several thousand…
Identity, Personhood, and Religion in Caribbean Context
Identity, Personhood, and Religion in Caribbean Context My basic contention is that the notion of Caribbean identity does not conceptually cohere with notions of personhood…
Research: Guyana Junction, globalisation, localisation, and the production of East Indianness
Guyana Junction, globalisation, localisation, and the production of East Indianness Guyana Junction involves the analysis of the construction of East Indian ethnic and religious distinction…
Indian Identity and Religion in Caribbean Literature:Shikwa/Complaint
Indian Identity and Religion in Caribbean Literature The idea of Indian identity is one of the markers of the cultural unconscious in contemporary Caribbean literature….
Trinidad Muslims Celebrate Indian Arrival Day
The Indian Arrival Day celebrations started at 10 am and included a range of activities. There were several booths selling traditional East Indian clothing, food,…