OIC Secretary General Meets with the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname in New York
The leaders of Guyana and Suriname met the Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in New York, on…
International Issues
Suriname forge ties with Muslim Nations
Since taking office in August 2010, Suriname’s new President, Desi Bouterse is set to expand ties with the Islamic world via the forum of the…
Rethinking Islamic Reform
The Rethinking Islamic Reform conference, originally held May 26, 2010, features two of the world’s foremost Muslim intellectuals as they provide guidance in the ever…
Islam, Muslims and Multiculturalism: Conference Report
Yoginder Sikand Much has been written about conflicts involving religious communities across the world by journalists, academics and security ‘experts’. Although these conflicts have local…
Believers Beware: Injustice Cannot Defeat Injustice.
Nine Muslim scholars came together to create a video with the aim to spread a message of peace and an understanding of what Islam truly…
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…
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…