A Masjid Built By An African Tribe
The Queenstown Masjid (on the Essequibo Coast) was built in 1780 by several Fulani tribes of African descent who came from Senegambia. The Fulani families on…
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Reflections On The Contribution Of Muslims On Guyana’s 52nd Independence Anniversary
Hajji Omar Farouk, President of The International Muslims Organization of Toronto, a Canadian-Guyanese Muslim, was invited to deliver a message on behalf of the Guyanese…
Defending The Muslim Faith In 1870s Guyana
Gool Mohamed Khan had a great zeal and fervor for learning more about Islam and other religions. He devoted a considerable amount of time increasing…
A Tribute To Haji Shamir Khan (ra) [1926 – 2013) The Visionary Founder Of Imdad Masjid
Imam Haji Shamir Khan (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) of Masjid Imdad, Toronto passed away on 16 Ramadan 1434 A.H. and was laid to rest after Salat al-Jumu‘ah…
Guyana Muslims Provide Food Hampers To Jobless Sugar Estate Workers
Two organisations have come together to assist former workers of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate in East Canje and the Skeldon Sugar Factory, after Government…
Du’as of the Enslaved: The Malê Slave Rebellion in Bahía, Brazil
Reproduced from Yaqeen Institute, original post here, with permission. In Ramadan of 1835, a group of enslaved African Muslim clerics in Salvador of Bahía, Brazil…
Guyana: 74 Women Graduate From Small Business Training
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is reported to have said “A mother is a school. If she is educated, then a whole people are educated” Seventy four…
Of Tradition And Continuity; Or Disruption, Discontinuance & Discord
Caribbean Muslim Convention Held in New York September 2016 An estimated 700 participants converged at Al-Ihsan Academy on Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park, NY….
Trustbank Amanah Brings Islamic Financing To Suriname
After two years of preparation, Trustbank Amanah is now ready to offer society Islamic Financing. With the opening of Trustbank Amanah in Suriname, the region…
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,…