Conclusion

Guyana’s relationship with the Islamic World dates back to the advent of Islam, the hijra in the Jazira Arabiya, the expansion of Islam to West Africa and South Asia, whose descendants today make up the bulk of Guyana’s population. Guyana’s strong ties with the Islamic World were kept alive by the South Asian Muslims after the demise of Islam among the Africans. India mothered the South Asian Muslims of Guyana but after 1947 Pakistan took over that role. With the rise of nationalist politics in Guyana 1945-1960s, political ties were established with the Islamic World. Since then and especially after independence in 1966, Guyana’s ties with the Islamic World accelerated politically, economically and culturally during the presidency of former President Burnham, Desmond Hoyte, Cheddi Jagan and Janet Jagan, and especially when joined the OIC under Dr. Jagan’s presidency in 1998. Under the current presidency of Bharrat Jagdeo, ties with the Islamic World grew cold.

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•  GINA
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• Ibid.
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.
• Author during field research found some Muslims who still read and speak Farsi which support evidence in various Muslim periodicals that a handful of learned Muslim spoke Farsi.
• This information was extracted from the immigration records stored at the National Archives of Guyana.
• Ibid
• Voice Islam, March 1948, p.27, Georgetown, Guyana (publication of Guyana strongest and largest Islamic Organisation of that period, after the British Guiana Islamic Association merged with the Sadr in 1947 and the two Journals Voice of Islam and Nur-E-Islam merged.
• Ibid.
• Voice of Islam, March 1948, p.6, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Islam and Nur-E-Islam, April 1950, p.39 Georgetown, British Guiana.
•  Islam and Nur-E-Islam, April 1950, p. 47, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Voice of Islam, April 1948, p. 53 Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Islam and Nur-E-Islam, 1949, p.31, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• A. Samadeen, Ode to Qaid-E-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Islam and Nur-E-Islam, Vol.2, No.1, January 1950, p. 23, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Islam and Nur-E-Islam, 1949, p.31, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• A. Samadeen, Ode to Qaid-E-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Islam and Nur-E-Islam, Vol.2, No.1, January 1950, p. 23, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Ibid. p.23.
• Ibid.
• Ibid.
• Ibid.
• Ibid.
• Voice of Islam, April, 1948, p. 71 and Voice of Islam, March, 1948, p.27, Georgetown, British Guiana.
• Guyana/Pakistan economic, trade relations to improve, December 15^th, 2007, http://www.guyanachronicle.com/news.html
•  Queens, New York, October 1993, visit to the UN General Assembly.
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1309/is_n2_v31/ai_15715988/pg_1
•  General Assembly Session 53, meeting 74, Question of Palestine, Report of Committee on the Exercise of   the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, http://www.undemocracy.com/generalassembly_53/meeting_74#pg009-bk01
•  Ibid., 
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.,
• Ibid.,
• Part of a speech delivered at the 57^th session of the UN General Assembly in 2002. Available on line at: http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/eed216406b50bf6485256ce10072f637/6acc947722e2f4ff85256c53004afa3c!OpenDocument