A Deteriorating Muslim Society
The following article was sourced from “AVOCAT MASJID SOUVENIR BROCHURE ’79/80” : The articles author is N.M. Ghany then President General of Tackveeyatul Islamic Association…
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A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF ASJA
This item was sourced from ASJA’s 70th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine 1935 – 2005. The day was October 31st, the year 1935 and the Legislative Council…
Lengua TIA Islamia School
School History Built in a rural area in Cunjal, just East of Princes Town the Caledonia E.C. Primary School was the place for many of…
The Narrative behind the building of the Avocat Masjid
Avocat, Trinidad and Tobago, is a village in southern Trinidad, near Fyzabad. In 1974 the Muslims of the village determined that a Mosque (a Muslim…
Al Haj Imam Khairul E. Baksh (ra)
Khairul Emam Baksh was born in 1922 in the southern Trinidad village of Barrackpore to his parents. His father Dookie Meah along with his kith…
ASJA Presidents
The following roster of the men who served honourably in the role as President of the Anjuman Sunnatul Jamaat Association (ASJA) of Trinidad and Tobago. …
Victoria Village 1887: Qiblah to the west or to the east?
On 25 June 1887, a curious incident was reported in the San Fernando Gazette of Trinidad in the British West Indies. At the end of…
Abu Bakr Beaumont-Benjamin 1932 Letter to Islamic Review – UK
On Friday August 5th 1932 Roderick Leofric Beaumont-Benjamin became Muslim adopting the name Abu Bakr. He wrote his testimonial to the Islamic Review. His letter…
Dr Nasser Mustapha shares his vision of TT
Nasser Mustapha, PhD, Sociology, UWI, is currently a senior lecturer in sociology and head of the behavioral sciences department at UWI, St Augustine. He is…
Education Among Early Muslims In Trinidad
The Need for Education The Indian family served as both an economic unit and an agency for the transmission of knowledge, skills and values to…