Bajan Muslim Delivers Patriotic Address At Independence Thanksgiving
November 30th 2020: Barbados Muslims were given the privilege of delivering the feature address at the National Service of Thanksgiving to mark its 54th anniversary…
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Bombay High Court Says Tablighi Jamaat Foreigners Were Made ‘Scapegoats’; Quashes Charges Against Them; Criticizes Media Propaganda
In a strongly-worded judgment the Bombay High Court quashed charges (FIRs) on Tablighi Muslims who were visiting India at the onset of COVID-19. The Tablighi…
Is India Democratic or Fascist?
In the Indian diaspora there is an unbreakable attachment to our place of heritage. In light of this we hold the right to comment on…
Unpacking Indian Arrival Day as the Descendant of Muslim Indentured Labourers
Critically Unpacking Indian Arrival Day: Why Celebrating Indian Arrival Day is Problematic? Today is always a difficult day for me, it is Indian Arrival Day. …
Orientalism and “Coolie Miseries” in British Guiana 1919
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – On May 5, Guyana celebrated “Arrival Day,” which is an appropriate time to reflect on ”Coolie indentureship.” It was a turbulent period…
Myths about conversion to Islam
Islamophobic thought spread the myth that the faith was spread by violence and that Muslims are devoid of empathy and ethics. Here Dr Puniyani shreds…
108 Years Later Jacklow Masjid Rebuilt
The Jacklow, Pomeroon Isameal Khan Masjid was established by indentured labourer, Mohamed Sarafraz in 1912. The Masjid in Jacklow, Pomeroon, Region Two, which is said…
Tamil Nadu: Mosques in Dravidian-Islamic style
Among the many inscriptions at the Vaishnavite shrine of Adhi Jagannatha Swamy at Thirupullani, about 10 km from Ramanathapuram in southern Tamil Nadu, there is…
Celebrating the Centenary of Indian Emancipation
The UWI Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Hilary Beckles issues the following statement in recognition of the centenary of the abolition of the Indenture Act. “This year…
FIRST MUSLIM GOVERNMENT MINISTER OF TRINIDAD PASSES AWAY
San Juan, Trinidad December 2nd 2015: Deputy Prime Minister under Dr Eric Williams, Kamaluddin Mohammed, died last night at the age of 88. Mohammed died…