Bajans bring relief to fellow citizens
27th February 2013: The Barbados Today News reports that a group of citizens have overcome the divide of faith and race to bring relief to their…
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Trinidad’s Tajmool Hosein has died.
March 15th 2013: Tajmool Hosein QC has died. Hosein was the last member of the delegation that attended the famed Malborough House conference in England…
THE MEELAD SHAREEF FUNCTION
Here Haji Muhammad Yusuf Francis provides the evidence for the sanction Meelad Shareef Function (Moulood, Mawlid) as well as the manners and procedure for conducting…
A Refutation of League’s Mufti’s Statement on Taraweeh
Since the late 1920s Muslims in Trinidad and Tobago have developed polemics around particular issues of understanding of the practiced faith. Here is an example…
Image from the Magazine “Islam” Printed by Sadr Anjuman of Guyana in December 1942
Picture courtesy Maulana Kavir Mohammed
An unsung hero of Independence
Tajmool Hosein, QC Tajmool Hosein qualified as a barrister in 1946 and developed considerable knowledge in the area of constitutional law. As a member of…
1946: The Need for Greater Effort
Writing in the 1946 Eid-ul-Fitr brochure Mr. Tajmool Hosein laments the disinterest of young Muslims in their religion and the disunity in the community. Thanks…
NOOR HASSANALI (1918-2006)
Noor Mohammed Hassanali was born on August 8th, 1918. He was the sixth in a muslim family of seven children. He was married in 1952…
1946: A tribute to Syed Abdul Aziz (ra) – Khalifa of the Muslim Community of Trinidad
This is a tribute to Syed Abdul Aziz (ra) published in 1946 in an Eid-ul-FItr brochure. The tribute is on behalf of the entire Muslim…
1946: Muslims Here Celebrated Hundredth Eid
This article is extracted from a 1946 Eid-ul-Fitr brochure. It is written in a manner representative of the contemporary reflection and knowledge of the author. …