COOLIES: HOW BRITAIN REINVENTED SLAVERY
The slave trade was officially abolished throughout the British Empire in 1807. This documentary reveals one of Britain’s darkest secrets: a form of slavery that…
GUYANA’S CIOG RECEIVES .5M USD GRANT FOR MEDICAL CENTRE
by Raymond Chickrie & Shabnam Ali: Guyana’s largest and most dynamic NGO, the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana, (CIOG) secured a grant from the Islamic…
Attempted bombing of Barbados Mosque
The Muslim community in Barbados was given a scare Wednesday morning after an unidentified man threw an explosive device into the Mosque at Kensington New…
From Trinidad to Mecca
Access original post on BBC here. Nearly three million pilgrims have been performing the Islamic Pilgrimage in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. Amongst them,…
A grateful Guyana gives thanks for Kuwaiti assistance
PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met with Director of Projects Zakaat House, Kuwait, Mr. Adel Jaree and members of the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG)…
Paper: Love for the Prophet (ﷺ)
Paper: Love for the Prophet (ﷺ) ←Click to download. Love for the Prophet ﷺ is a humble attempt at an English translation of the shaykh’s…
A VICTORY FOR OBAMA WILL BE MOMENT OF PRIDE FOR MUSLIM TRINIDADIANS
If Senator Barack Obama is elected President of the United States of America, the resolute endorsement he got from former Secretary of State (2001-2005) Colin…
Trini-Muslim Soldier key to Powell’s endorsement of Obama
Colin Powell spoke in his Meet The Press interview of being moved by a photo essay he saw in a magazine: It was a photo…
Celebrating 105th birthday on Eid
First published in Trinidad Express here TODAY’S Eid-ul-Fitr celebration is a special and blessed occasion for Rasulan Subratee: she celebrates her 105th birthday. It is…
Trinidad Mosque celebrates 75 years milestone
First published in Newsday here ACCORDING TO president of the Subratee Trace Jamaat, Shaheed Allaham, 2008 marks 75 years since the mosque was founded. It…