The 1815 Islamic settlement on the Hondo River
This is the story of Afro-American Muslims who served on the side of the British the Anglo American war of 1815 who were resettled in…
Trinidad & Tobago
T & T High Court: Wear your burka and serve on the jury.
Trinidad Guardian reported: A Muslim woman, wearing a burka, has the same privileges as anyone else to serve as a juror in the High Court…
Trinidad Muslims in Haiti to begin construction of orphanage, hospital and shelter
A building team of seven Trinidad Muslims lead by Shazim Ali are in Haiti to construct three facilities to provide relief for Haitians. The building…
More aid pour in to Haiti from regional Muslim neighbours
Feb 15th 2010: The first three of eight containers packed with relief supplies by the Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago have arrived over the weekend…
The temptation of carnival
Allah says in Surah Tin: “We have indeed created man in the best of mould, then do We reduced Him to the lowest of the…
Caribbean Muslims continue to send hope to Haiti
Caroni, Trinidad: On Feb 4th Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago handed a cheque in the sum of two hundred and fifty two thousand one hundred…
Barbadian Hafiz Degia passed away
Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim Degia passed away today (Friday January 22nd, 2010) after several years of illness. Hafiz Degia was active in the sixties, seventies and eighties in…
Ahmadinejad welcomes his Guyana counterpart
Tehran, Jan 20, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday officially welcomed his Guyana counterpart President Bharrat Jagdeo at the presidential palace in Tehran. At…
Hosay festival commemorated in Caribbean
The Trinidad Newsday online edition reported that Cedros, a fishing village in south-western Trinidad, held hosay festival celebrations. Hosay is well known in St. James,…
History of Islam and Muslims in Trinidad
This article has been extracted from the Trinidad Muslim League’s 50th anniversary brochure. It contains valuable historical information, however, as with most historical records, it…