Abdul Wahid Hamid
Abdul Wahid Hamid, writer, editor, educationalist, teacher and community activist, was born in Trinidad in 1943. His paternal grandfather had migrated to the Caribbean from…
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Senator Dr. Wahid Ali
First published in Trinidad Express Port-of-Spain January 7, 2000: Dr. Wahid Ali, a devout Muslim, was struck with a paralyzing disease four years ago. He…
President Noor Hassanali
Noor Mohamed Hassanali TC (August 1918 – 25 August 2006) was the second President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (1987–97). A retired high-court…
Sheik Mohammed Jaleel
In the early days, when goods were still transported by horse and cart, a young man with a purpose and determination decided to make his…
Mr. Solo: Serjad Makmadeen aka Joseph Charles
Serjad Makmadeen aka Joseph Charles Man has often had to conform to society in his quest for success. But there have been times when such…
Kamaluddin Mohammed
Kamaluddin Mohammed is being honoured Saturday (May 10,2008) by the Trinidad and Tobago chapter of the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) for…
HAJI RUKNUDEEN SAHIB Qadi and Sheik-ul-Islam
Haji Ruknuddeen Sahib was bom in 1865 in Punjab, India to his parents Elahee and Ameena. He went through spiritual initiation and training as a…
Young Muslim businessman kidnapped for ransom in Trinidad
NAAIL ALI, 26, was kidnapped outside his family’s Gasparillo hardware at about 8.45 am yesterday by three armed men and up to late yesterday, no…
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad Beginning in the 19t h century, a wave of indentured workers were brought by the British from India…
Muslim and Missionaries of Trinidad
The Caribbean has seen two waves of Muslim migration, the first wave of which was comprised of slaves from Africa. Indentured labourers of India, who…