Diversity in the heart of The City
First published in Barbados Today on February 22, 2017. Nestled in a side street of our UNESCO World Heritage-inscribed capital city of Bridgetown is a…
Culture
Meet Firhaana Bulbulia – Queen’s Young Leader from Barbados
Firhaana Bulbulia is the founder of Barbados Association of Muslim Ladies. In August she launched a project called Breaking Barriers which aims to overcome cultural and…
‘Alliance of Virtue (or Get Your Bags Together)’
As we settle down into the grip of another New Year, the past slips further away into obscurity and I am soberly having to grapple…
MARTYRDOM OF IMAM HUSSEIN COMMEMORATED IN CARIBBEAN
Coffee A Shared Legacy of Muslim Culture
Western historians and commentators generally trace the beginnings of globalization to the second half of the 20th century. However, globalization is neither a very recent…
Bajan to the bone
They have been a part of our landscape for more than a century; yet the Muslim community remain largely an unknown element in Barbados. This…
Being Muslim in Barbados
The Antillean Media Group (AMG) conducted an interview here with Suleiman Bulbulia on Barbados’ Muslim community BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday October 7, 2014. AMG — The power…
QURAN RECITATION COMPETITION HELD IN BRAZIL
On the weekend of August 16th, the first of its kind regional Holy Quran Memorization Contest was held in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The World Assembly…
Mustapha Ali is a “Special Person”
Kaiteur News of Guyana designated Mustapha Ali as a “Special Person”. Access original posted article here. It takes a lot out of a person…
BOOK: MILESTONES IN THE HISTORY OF MUSLIMS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SINCE 1845
Zainol Khan, born in 1929, has been a keen observer as the Muslim community has developed over the decades. As a youth he did not…