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…
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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,…
Muslims Arrival tied to indentured experience
Haji Kamal Hosein, PRO of the Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association (ASJA) said when Muslims first came to TT as indentured servants, they were not allowed to…
Documenting devotion: Qasida Burdah dated back to 17th Century
KARACHI, May 23: Across the centuries, the faithful have expressed their love for the Holy Prophet of Islam (ﷺ Peace be upon him) in different…
Permissibility of Mawlid An-Nabi
MAWLID: CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ALLAH’S BLESSINGS AND PEACE UPON HIM Is there evidence for the celebration of Mawlid — the Prophet’s…
Mawlid An-Nabi Permissibility
MAWLID: CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ALLAH’S BLESSINGS AND PEACE UPON HIM Is there evidence for the celebration of Mawlid — the Prophet’s…