170th Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Hindustani Muslims from India to British Guiana
170th Anniversary of the Arrival of the First Hindustani Muslims from India to British Guiana Published in the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs Volume…
Guyanese Muslims
RASHEED AHMAD KHAN
Rasheed A Khan, eldest son of Mohamed Shaheed Khan, grandson of Meer Khan and great great grandson of Moulvie Chand Khan was born in Albouystown,…
Hajji Sheik Muhammad Shakoor
British Guiana (BG) has produced many heroes, but their songs are yet to be sung. These heroes are actually in the process of being forgotten…
Guyana appoints First Ambassador to Kuwait
Wednesday, 01 December 2010: Guyana has appointed Odeen Ishmael as its Ambassador to Kuwait but government has not announced who would replace him as the…
GUYANA’s PRESIDENT CALLS FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF FAITH
Georgetown, GINA, May 21, 2010: President Bharrat Jagdeo believes that there should be a global battle for a greater understanding of faith as it is…
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,…
Guyana receives first Kuwaiti Ambassador
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) — Following the visit of President Bharrat Jagdeo to Kuwait early this year, the relationship between Guyana and Kuwait strengthened to the…
Indo-Guyanese Muslims loss of their Mother Tongue – Urdu
After 172 years, since their arrival from India to Guyana in 1838, the Hindustani Muslims have lost their mother tongue, Urdu. The majority of Hindustani…
Guyana partners with Muslim Organization to train single moms
In 2009, Guyana’s Board of Industrial Training, Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security trained some 375 single parents in a variety of skills. …
The right to worship must be respected says Guyana’s President Jagdeo
Assembled for the Yaum un Nabi celebrations hosted by the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana at the Windsor Forest Masjid yesterday, Muslims were told by…