A Masjid Built By An African Tribe
The Queenstown Masjid (on the Essequibo Coast) was built in 1780 by several Fulani tribes of African descent who came from Senegambia. The Fulani families on…
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Reflections On The Contribution Of Muslims On Guyana’s 52nd Independence Anniversary
Hajji Omar Farouk, President of The International Muslims Organization of Toronto, a Canadian-Guyanese Muslim, was invited to deliver a message on behalf of the Guyanese…
Defending The Muslim Faith In 1870s Guyana
Gool Mohamed Khan had a great zeal and fervor for learning more about Islam and other religions. He devoted a considerable amount of time increasing…
A Tribute To Haji Shamir Khan (ra) [1926 – 2013) The Visionary Founder Of Imdad Masjid
Imam Haji Shamir Khan (Rahmatullahi ‘alayh) of Masjid Imdad, Toronto passed away on 16 Ramadan 1434 A.H. and was laid to rest after Salat al-Jumu‘ah…
Guyana Muslims Provide Food Hampers To Jobless Sugar Estate Workers
Two organisations have come together to assist former workers of the Rose Hall Sugar Estate in East Canje and the Skeldon Sugar Factory, after Government…
Guyana: 74 Women Graduate From Small Business Training
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is reported to have said “A mother is a school. If she is educated, then a whole people are educated” Seventy four…
Singapore Bans Mufti Menk And Ustaz Haslin
SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned two Muslim foreign preachers from entering the city-state because their views bred intolerance and were a risk to its social harmony,…
Freedom Come. African Muslim Slaves and The Abolition of Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire (with…
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD ﷺ
Georgetown, Guyana, January 10th, 2016 SERVING HUMANITY WITH LOVE, DECENCY AND KINDNESS: Shaykh Faid Muhammad Said is on a tour of Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados…
NEW MASJID FORMALLY OPENED IN GUYANA
First published in Guyana Times here October 20, Georgetown: Guyana Times Online edition reports that the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) on Sunday commissioned…