UK Appeal launched to retain Muslim portrait
Access the original article in the UK Independent here William Hoare’s early eighteenth century portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, a Gambian prince who was sold…
African Muslims
Paper: Rethinking the “Bilali Diary” : multiple contexts and Muslim slaves
This paper explores the reasons why Bilali Mohammed, a Muslim slave who lived on Sapelo Island produced his Arabic document, known as the Ben Ali…
Mainstream Islam in the African-American Experience
Muslim slaves – involuntary immigrants, who had been the urban-ruling elite in West Africa – constituted at least 15% of the slave population in North…
American scholar visited the region on fact finding tour.
“Wherever sugar went, slavery followed it like a parasite.” Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar-in-residence at the Nawawi Foundation,Chicago, U.S.A. Between March 26 and April 7,…
The 1815 Islamic settlement on the Hondo River
This is the story of Afro-American Muslims who served on the side of the British the Anglo American war of 1815 who were resettled in…
Book: Black crescent: the experience and legacy of African Muslims in the Americas
Gomez, Michael A. Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. 385 pp. This book, Black…
The Muslim Standard
The Muslim Standard was published (61 issues) in Trinidad from 1975 to 1984. It was official monthly magazine of the Islamic Trust which was founded…
Book: Servants of Allah – African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas
“Servants of Allah opens a new door on the African Diaspora and provides readers with even more insight into Islam, as well as enslaved Africans….
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,…
SADAQA AMONG AFRICAN MUSLIMS ENSLAVED IN THE AMERICAS
SADAQA AMONG AFRICAN MUSLIMS ENSLAVED IN THE AMERICAS Islam as brought by the West Africans has not survived in the Americas, but its impact has…