Churchill Azad Akaloo: When Success Became a Means of Serving Humanity
Churchill Azad Akaloo’s death on the night of September 11th 2026, marks the passing of a Trinidadian businessman whose name became synonymous with Sheik Lisha Ltd.
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Dr Mansoor Ibrahim, physician, Muslim leader and community servant, dies at 88
Trinidad and Tobago’s Muslim community is mourning the death of Al-Haj Dr Mansoor Ibrahim
From Nerves to New Beginnings: Children’s Book Opens Conversation on Diversity and Acceptance
The story suggests that acceptance does not require people to erase their differences. It requires them to see beyond those differences and recognise the humanity they share.
From Forgotten Traces to National Memory: Barbados Reconsiders the Indian and Muslim Story
For Barbados, preserving the Indian and Muslim experience is therefore not simply an exercise in community history. It is an exercise in preserving Barbadian history.
From Mecca to Guyana: The Ever-Living Praise of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
As Muslims in Guyana gather to celebrate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, it is impossible to ignore the magnitude of his presence in human history.
No Reproach Upon You Today
According to traditional accounts of the Conquest of Mecca by Muslim historians, the Prophet Muhammad addressed his enemies with words echoing Prophet Joseph in the Qur’an: “No reproach shall be upon you today. Go, for you are free.”
Before We Convict One of Our Brightest Jurists
Hold the CCJ accountable, but allow the facts to emerge. When confidence in courts is casually undermined, it is not one judge alone who suffers; the entire architecture of Caribbean justice is put at risk.
Muslim Organisations Call on Trinidad and Tobago Government to Reconsider Expanding Relations with Israel
A broad coalition of Trinidad and Tobago’s leading Muslim organisations has issued a respectful but firm open letter to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, urging her Government to reconsider any expansion of diplomatic, commercial, or security relations with the State of Israel while the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues.
Ending 600 Years of White Empire
The relevance is that the world we live in today has been shaped by forces that have been many years in the making, and the system is extremely powerful and well entrenched. Most people don’t understand the historical background to the problems faced by societies and nations worldwide.
What Emancipation Still Demands
President Ali’s appeal for us to avoid suspicion and enmity is worth underscoring. It speaks to the civic lessons of emancipation.