Grenada:Struggles of community formation and sustainability
The nascent Muslim Community of Grenada has been able to lay down a foundation for the future generations to be able to have the infrastructure…
Paper: Celeberating Milad-un-Nabi
In this book, the great scholar he has shed light on the historical and legal status of the Meelad Shareef in his own characteristic scholarly…
Guyana’s President joins with Muslim citizens to celebrate Muhammad (ﷺ)
Georgetown, Guyana, March 10th 2009: Guyana’s President Bharrat Jagdeo along with Ministers of the Cabinet; President of Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) Mr. Fazeel…
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…