African Muslims


Pioneering Haitian Imam Passed Away

Imam Bilal Doxa reported the death of Imam Ali (Marc Pierre Dubuisson) of the Masjid Al Fatiha. Imam Ali was a Haitian Muslim pioneer who led the revival of Islam in Haiti. Imam Bilal said that he was “the first one to give dawah (invitation to Islam) in Haiti and the oldest imam of the country when he passed away”.  Ali was a Pastor until he converted to Islam in Canada in the year 1985.








New Book: Far From Mecca – Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean

Muslims have lived in the Caribbean for centuries. Far From Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean (Rutgers University Press, 2020) examines the archive of autobiography, literature, music and public celebrations in Guyana and Trinidad, offering an analysis of the ways Islam became integral to the Caribbean, and the ways the Caribbean shaped Islamic practices.