The Three Begums of No. 78: A Legacy of Culture and Triumph
From the Banks of the Ganges to the Corentyne Coast: The Indomitable Spirit of Three North Indian Sisters. The three sisters, the Begums of No….
Suriname
Suriname Government Opens Up To Opportunity
President Chan Santokhi’s Government of Suriname has not attended an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting for three years and sends low-level representatives to Islamic…
Waterloo Plantation was a part of Guyana in Suriname
Introduction Waterloo was a sugar cane plantation on the Nickerie River in the Nickerie district in Suriname. Nickerie is a district of Suriname, on the…
Breaking The Ramadan Fast In The Caribbean Region
The sunset meal to break the Ramadan fast is called iftar. Muslims break their fast at the time of the call to prayer for the…
The Trauma of Indentureship, Colonization and Resistance:
This spoken word composition is based on my personal lived experiences, my intersectional social locations, inter-generational memories and based on my relationality to the many facets of my identity such as being Muslim, South Asian, Indian, Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, Trinidadian, Guyanese, being the descendant of indentured labourers
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…
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…
TURKEY DOES QURBANI IN SURINAME
PARAMARIBO – Fourteen of the twenty bulls sponsored by the Turkish government for qurbani (the sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid-ul-Adha) were slaughtered on…
WOMAN TOPS SURINAME QURAN RECITATION COMPETITION
May 27th 2013:Razia Joemman has won top honours from a group of sixteen participants for the recitation of the Holy Quran the correct way. Her…
Turkish Charity donates food packages to Suriname for Ramadan
August 2 The Suriname Islamic Foundation (SIS) was surprised when it received 300 food packages, each worth SRD 100 from Turkey. The Turkish Islamic Charity…