NY Times:Trying to Stanch Trinidad’s Flow of Young Recruits to ISIS
As published by New York Times here ENTERPRISE, Trinidad and Tobago — By the time he was 17, Fahyim Sabur had memorized the Quran. At…
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Middle East: Don’t Go There!
Published by Trinidad Guardian “Clear my name…” That’s the appeal to the police and Government from Islamic studies scholar Tariq Mohammed who was detained in…
Haj slowdown hits Saudi businesses
Saudi businesses catering to haj visitor have taken a hit this year as far fewer pilgrims arrive and those who come have less cash to…
Ashmead Choate – The Radical Enigma
For his intimate family, relatives and friends Ashmead Choate was a sensitive, kind, caring and loving son, brother, husband, father and friend. It remains a…
ALLEGED TERROR LEADER WITH TRINIDAD AND GUYANA CONNECTIONS REPORTED KILLED
Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah the son of the late Guyana born Islamic scholar Shaykh Gulshair Shukrijumah has been killed in Pakistan, the country’s military says….
ISIL DOES NOT REPRESENT ISLAM
It is deeply abhorrent that the terrorists and thugs who have captured parts of Iraq and Syria can manufacture any claim to Islam to cover…
TURKEY DOES QURBANI IN SURINAME
PARAMARIBO – Fourteen of the twenty bulls sponsored by the Turkish government for qurbani (the sacrifice of a livestock animal during Eid-ul-Adha) were slaughtered on…
OIC DONATION FOR HISTORIC GUYANA MOSQUE
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The historic Queenstown mosque in Guyana, built by the Afghan community of Georgetown in 1895, has received a US$100,000 donation from the…
European Parliament identifies Wahabi and Salafi roots of global terrorism
As published in Dawn online here A recent report by the European Parliament reveals how Wahabi and Salafi groups based out of the Middle East…
GUYANA FUNDS RELIEF FOR MALI REFUGEES
Guyana last week, following an appeal made by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General, Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, to assist Malian IDPs (Internally…