Reframing Abraham’s Legacy: The Covenant Not the Genome
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to…
Excellence
Reclaiming Qist: The Quranic Mandate for Distributive Justice in an Age of Authoritarianism
In the contemporary political landscape, where the rise of authoritarianism often masks systemic oppression under the guise of “law and order,” the Quranic concept of Qist (equity)…
Zulm and ‘Adl: The Divine Line Between Justice and Oppression
Why the absence of justice is itself a moral crime. In political and social philosophy, the absence of justice is widely characterized as injustice, and it…
Freedom: Caribbean Parallels in the Long Struggle for Liberty
The ideas associated with Islam, especially the emphasis on individual responsibility, legal order, and intellectual inquiry, “advanced human freedom in a way that had a…
A Barbadian Among the World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims
When the 2026 edition of The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims was released by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Amman,…
The Journey of Faith
The Supplication of the Prophet ﷺ The Sahabi narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ supplicated and said in his du‘ā’: اللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْ إِلَيْنَا الْإِيمَانَ…
My Journey with Cancer: A Story of Faith, Medicine, and Friendship
I’m the son of Amin and Zohora Sankar of Guyana, and brother of the Late Lyla Kissoon. I was born on 14 March 1942 and…
“Not in Our Name: Jamaicans Call Out CARICOM Silence on Gaza”
The Jamaica-Palestine Solidarity Action issued the following press statement. “NO TO GENOCIDE – FREE PALESTINE” MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA — In a defiant and emotionally charged…
Guided by Faith, Remembered with Love: Barbados’s Maulana Yusuf Piprawala’s Eight Decades of Service
Barbadian Islamic scholar, teacher, and preacher returned to his Lord on July 5, 2025 AD, the 9th of Muharram, 1447 H, on the eve of…
When Faith Walked Away from Power: Hijrah, Ashura, and the Stand at Karbala
What history teaches us about justice, resistance, and moral courage in today’s world. Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, began on Thursday, June…