Cesarean Moon Births
This two part paper will examine the issue of Muslims physically sighting the crescent moon as the basis for beginning the months that constitute their…
This two part paper will examine the issue of Muslims physically sighting the crescent moon as the basis for beginning the months that constitute their…
In the history books very little attention has been given to Muslims whether they were slaves, indentured laborers from India, or citizens of Guyana. The…
For one hundred years the Muslims in Guyana were completely isolated from their country of origin. They struggled against great odds to maintain their Islamic…
1492 African Muslims from Granada and Guinea landed in the New World with Columbus 1500-Berbers , Wolofs and Mandingoes sold as slaves in Mexico. 1503-Spanish…
Faizul Rahaman Khan, born on November 10, 1941 in Albouystown, Georgetown British Guyana, to Hassan and Nazmoon Khan and the eldest of twelve children, was…
“Tradition” in academic circles has come to signify old fashioned customs, archaic cultural practices, ossified ideas handed down from the past and articulated to the…
A report in Before Columbus by Cyrus Gordon describes coins found in the southern Caribbean region: “…off the coast of Venezuela were discovered a hoard…
Overview From 1845 to 1921, over 36,000 East Indians, mainly of the Hindu faith, were brought to Jamaica. Close to two-thirds of them remained. Following…
1837 – John Gladstone suggests East Indian indentured labour as a solution to the drifting of Africans from the plantations to the towns. Permission is…
The year 1838 marked a historical time on our calendar because it led to the rebirth of Islam (following the demised of the religion amongst…