Guyanese born journalists awarded by Canadian Muslim Organizations
Toronto 2008-07-13: Albouystown’s Nazim Baksh was presented with a Media Award for his Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. At a Gala Dinner held at the Hilton Markham…
Caribbean Muslims
Winners Row at Guyana’s “National” Qaseeda Competition
Georgetown 2008-06-25:- Anna Catherina Islamic Complex reigned supreme as its contestants took first places in three of the four categories in the National Qaseeda Competition…
Radical Islam in the Caribbean Basin: A Local Problem or a Global Threat?
Radical Islam in the Caribbean Basin: A Local Problem or a Global Threat? Introduction On June 2, 2007, U.S. federal authorities announced that they broke…
BILAL MUSLIM MISSION OF AMERICAS
BILAL MUSLIM MISSION OF AMERICAS Bilal Muslim Mission of Americas was incorporated in October 1993 in New York USA as a non-profit corporation with IRS…
Muslim and Missionaries of Trinidad
The Caribbean has seen two waves of Muslim migration, the first wave of which was comprised of slaves from Africa. Indentured labourers of India, who…
Indian Identity and Religion in Caribbean Literature:Shikwa/Complaint
Indian Identity and Religion in Caribbean Literature The idea of Indian identity is one of the markers of the cultural unconscious in contemporary Caribbean literature….
Muslims in Dominica
Dominica, a small island in the Caribbean’s Lesser Antilles (south east West Indies, not to be confused with the Dominican Republic) is home to some…
Muslims in the Caribbean
Praise Be to Allah – Laylat al-Qadr [the Night of Power],” proclaims the roadside banner. It bellies in the wind along the dusty, two-lane highway…
Canadian Donation to benefit Guyanese Orphans
Georgetown May 30th 2008:- The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) today received a CDN $30,000 donation from the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, Canada. During…
Jamaica – The Muslim Legacy
The spirit of jihad in Jamaica and the West Indies entered a new phase of peaceful consolidation following the jihad of 1831-32; that of replacing…