The life and times of Peerally and Kosemeea
March 3rd 1998 marked the 125th anniversary of Peerally’s arrival in Trinidad. His descendants marked this momentous occasion with a Peerally family reunion. In this…
ASJA
A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF ASJA
This item was sourced from ASJA’s 70th Anniversary Souvenir Magazine 1935 – 2005. The day was October 31st, the year 1935 and the Legislative Council…
The Narrative behind the building of the Avocat Masjid
Avocat, Trinidad and Tobago, is a village in southern Trinidad, near Fyzabad. In 1974 the Muslims of the village determined that a Mosque (a Muslim…
Al Haj Imam Khairul E. Baksh (ra)
Khairul Emam Baksh was born in 1922 in the southern Trinidad village of Barrackpore to his parents. His father Dookie Meah along with his kith…
ASJA Presidents
The following roster of the men who served honourably in the role as President of the Anjuman Sunnatul Jamaat Association (ASJA) of Trinidad and Tobago. …
Education Among Early Muslims In Trinidad
The Need for Education The Indian family served as both an economic unit and an agency for the transmission of knowledge, skills and values to…
Hafiz Yacoob Ali (ra)
Yacoob Ali, born in 1875, at age thirteen in 1888, was sent back to Oudh, India by his father Shaikh Bahadoor Ali to get an…
Vidya Pooran Muradali
All eyes were focused in the direction of this charming lady who walked across the room at Gulf City Shopping Complex. Like a professional model…
STALWARTS OF THE ANJUMAN SUNNAT-AL-JAMAAT ASSOCIATION
The picture on the inside front cover of this booklet was taken in the year 1936. The men featured in this photograph represent the pioneers…
Prominent Muslims reflect on Trinidad independence
First published in the Newsday “What we have achieved so far is a certain degree of economic independence which has come about from the natural…