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…
Guyanese Muslims
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…
Of Tradition And Continuity; Or Disruption, Discontinuance & Discord
Caribbean Muslim Convention Held in New York September 2016 An estimated 700 participants converged at Al-Ihsan Academy on Rockaway Blvd. in South Ozone Park, NY….
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,…
The Gracious Cuban People
I had always wanted to visit Cuba, since childhood! Not that I haven’t visited many countries or have simply procrastinated my bucket list, but this…
Caribbean Calling: Nourishing Communities of Faith
At the beginning of the blessed month of Rabi’al Awwal 1438, Shaykh Ahmad Saad Al-Azhari will visit the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago….