Breaking The Ramadan Fast In The Caribbean Region
The sunset meal to break the Ramadan fast is called iftar. Muslims break their fast at the time of the call to prayer for the…
Barbados
Assault On Virgin Airlines – No Action Taken
Barbadian Firhaana Bulbulia was assaulted on board a Virgin Atlantic flight from London Gatwick to Bridgetown, Barbados. Despite alerting the on board flight attendants the …
Barbados Faith Communities Walk The Talk Seeking A Common Good
Historic would be too mild a word to describe the “Journey in Faiths” event held in Bridgetown, the UNESCO inscribed heritage capital city of Barbados….
CALL FOR CARIBBEAN TO SUPPORT PALESTINE
IT is the duty of the Caribbean to support the people of Palestine in their struggle to decolonise their land and to gain their independence….
Singapore Bans Mufti Menk And Ustaz Haslin
SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned two Muslim foreign preachers from entering the city-state because their views bred intolerance and were a risk to its social harmony,…
Caribbean History Before Columbus Needs To Be Taught
Caribbean History “For most of the literate world today, the first contact that the Caribbean had with the outside world was on October 12, 1492…
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…
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…
What the utility of Islam is
It seems like I have a “fan”. My column attracts a critic who of late regularly posts his opinion on my offerings. I welcome all…
Barbados Warmly Received Visiting Scholar Of Islam
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 20, 2016: The warm reception of a leading Muslim scholar at Codrington College, a prestigious Christian seminary in Barbados, reinforced the idea…