A DESIRE TO FIND MEANING IN TURBULENT TIMES
After the horrific earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I felt compelled to say something about the theme that was chosen for Habib Umar’s tour –…
International Issues
Indian Deobandi: Breaking the mold?
The Dar ul Uloom in Trinidad [the local branch of India Deobands] has been successful in graduating multitudes of young people [of both genders] from…
The lost diary of Queen Victoria’s final companion – Abdul Karim
Abdul Karim’s writings, hidden by his family until now, throw new light on a close and controversial relationship, says Ben Leach. ‘I am so very…
Government of Guyana recognizes the State of Palestine
It comes as no surprise that Guyana yesterday declared official recognition of a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders. In a news release the Foreign…
Dutch Anti-Islamic Party calls for Suriname to end Islamic Ties
The Netherlands’s anti-Islamic Freedom Party (PVV), headed by Geert Wilders, a coalition partner of the current government in the Hague has demanded that all Dutch…
Guyana appoints First Ambassador to Kuwait
Wednesday, 01 December 2010: Guyana has appointed Odeen Ishmael as its Ambassador to Kuwait but government has not announced who would replace him as the…
Jamaican Abdullah el-Faisal under anti-terror watch
The New York Daily News reports here that counterterrorism agents in New York and Washington are keeping tabs on a Jamaican imam whose death-spewing sermons…
When You’re a Statistic
Original post cab accessed here It’s been said that a liberal is just a conservative that hasn’t been mugged yet. Sometimes it takes something traumatic…
Compete in Goodness
This is the text of advice given by Shaykh Nazim Al Haqqani 21 September 2010 Lefke, Cyprus, as transcribed by Sheik Gibril Haddad.’ Salaf’ =…
Youths advised away from extremism and irresponsible behaviour.
The 11th International conference of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth was recently in Jakarta, Indonesia. the Caribbean region, was represented by delegates from Trinidad…