The Gracious Cuban People
I had always wanted to visit Cuba, since childhood! Not that I haven’t visited many countries or have simply procrastinated my bucket list, but this…
South America
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ
Georgetown, Guyana, January 10th, 2016 SERVING HUMANITY WITH LOVE, DECENCY AND KINDNESS: Shaykh Faid Muhammad Said is on a tour of Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados…
NEW MASJID FORMALLY OPENED IN GUYANA
First published in Guyana Times here October 20, Georgetown: Guyana Times Online edition reports that the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) on Sunday commissioned…
QURAN RECITATION COMPETITION HELD IN BRAZIL
On the weekend of August 16th, the first of its kind regional Holy Quran Memorization Contest was held in Sao Paolo, Brazil. The World Assembly…
Eid Reflection: Muslim Marginalization in Guyana
Islam reached the shores of Guyana during slavery when Muslim slaves from West Africa were shipped to work on the plantations and after the abolition…
Mustapha Ali is a “Special Person”
Kaiteur News of Guyana designated Mustapha Ali as a “Special Person”. It takes a lot out of a person these days to be selflessly…
President of Guyana meets visiting scholar
Nov 28th 2013: Islamic Scholar Shaykh Hisham Kabbani currently visiting Guyana paid a courtesy call on President of Guyana Donald Ramotar today. Shaykh Muhammad Hisham…
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM LEADERS GATHER IN GUYANA
Representatives of several regional Muslim organizations have confirmed their attendance for programmes in Guyana featuring one of the world’s most renowned and respected Muslim scholars,…
Sacrifices of the forgotten African Muslims of Guyana
Last week, as Muslims worldwide, celebrated Eid Ul Azha, we penned a letter to the media on an historical petition dating back to 1896 which…
Sheikh Ali Mustafa Seinpaal
Sheikh Ali Mustafa Seinpaal hails from Suriname, South America, a former Dutch Colony; from a Christian, religious family. Sheikh Mustafa embraced Islam in 1966. After…