Islam in Jamaica: One woman’s story
Islam in Jamaica: One woman’s story first published in Jamaica Gleaner published: Tuesday | July 29, 2008 “People look at Muslims as terrorists because of…
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Hosay Festival, Westmoreland, Jamaica
The Hussay Festival is a traditional festival pronounced and sometimes spelt as in this image’s title but actually called Hosay. Hosay was brought to the…
Muslim roots in Afro American music?
Sylviane Diouf knows her audience might be skeptical, so to demonstrate the connection between Islam and American blues music, she’ll play two recordings: The Muslim…
When Muhammad Ali visited Guyana
Muhammad Ali in picture with the Muslim leadership of Guyana
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,…
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…