Kuwait Prime Minister make historic Guyana visit
After visiting Antigua and Barbuda, Mexico and Cuba on a 3-week tour of Latin America and the Caribbean, Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Sheikh Nasser al Mohammed…
International Issues
Paper: Rethinking the “Bilali Diary” : multiple contexts and Muslim slaves
This paper explores the reasons why Bilali Mohammed, a Muslim slave who lived on Sapelo Island produced his Arabic document, known as the Ben Ali…
The deep sea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
In the name of God Most Gracious Most Merciful The deep sea oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is not the problem affecting the…
Guyana Attends OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting in Tajikistan
Guyana is participating in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) 37th Foreign Ministers (CFM) meeting taking place in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. In the past two…
Mainstream Islam in the African-American Experience
Muslim slaves – involuntary immigrants, who had been the urban-ruling elite in West Africa – constituted at least 15% of the slave population in North…
Guyana should join ISESCO
Guyana should join the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Both Guyana and Suriname are…
Can Islam and Secularism dialogue with each other?
By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand) First published at Two Circles here The question of whether or not there can be…
Indo-Guyanese Muslims loss of their Mother Tongue – Urdu
After 172 years, since their arrival from India to Guyana in 1838, the Hindustani Muslims have lost their mother tongue, Urdu. The majority of Hindustani…
Guyana should expand Turkish Ties
While Turkey is a founding member of the United Nations, NATO and the Organization for Economic Cooperation for Development (OECD) its role in the developed…
The Million’s Poet: Niqab – wearing death as a dress
Every Wednesday night, Hissa Hilal steps on to the stage of the popular Abu Dhabi television show The Million’s Poet. As is required of Saudi…