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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…
12-year-old Aaron scores CSEC distinction
Full story first reported in Trinidad Guardian After five months of studies, a 12-year-old boy has achieved what his seniors are struggling to—a distinction in…
History of Muslims in St Lucia
Islamic History and Muslims According to Abdullah Abdul Raheem; there are very small Muslim community (150-200 ) in St Lucia. The community is made up…
Jalal Bacchus – 100 year old coconut vendor
First published inTrinidad Express Newspaper Port-of-Spain December 2, 1997:- Jalal Bacchus claims he was the first man to sell coconuts around the Queen’s Park Savannah….
TT Fractious Muslim Communities Presents AG With Dilemma
Trinidad & Tobago’s fractious Muslim Communities took separate and seemingly opposing view points on the Attorney General’s proposed amendments to the Anti-Terror laws. “Muslims Roundtable”…
NY Times:Trying to Stanch Trinidad’s Flow of Young Recruits to ISIS
As published by New York Times here ENTERPRISE, Trinidad and Tobago — By the time he was 17, Fahyim Sabur had memorized the Quran. At…
Divided T & T Muslims in National Security Discussions
Meeting with National Security and US Embassy The Trinidad Guardian reports that: Government yesterday called on representatives of certain local Muslims organisations to share information…
Muslims Were Banned From the Americas as Early as the 16th Century
Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim On…
Middle East: Don’t Go There!
Published by Trinidad Guardian “Clear my name…” That’s the appeal to the police and Government from Islamic studies scholar Tariq Mohammed who was detained in…