Adventurer’s photos capture a bygone Mecca
Access original post at CNN here (CNN) — He was an adventurer, a scholar, and possibly a spy — but as Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje…
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T & T Justice Minister hears from Muslim religious leaders
Originally posted in the Trinidad Guardian Justice Minister Herbert Volney told Muslim religious leaders Sunday he is working to reach the goal of having criminal…
Muslims Earn Trinidad Top National Awards.
August 30th 2010: Mr. Kamaluddin Mohammed and the late Dr. Wahid Ali will be honoured with the nation’s highest award—Order of T&T—at tomorrow night’s Independence…
Islam, Muslims and Multiculturalism: Conference Report
Yoginder Sikand Much has been written about conflicts involving religious communities across the world by journalists, academics and security ‘experts’. Although these conflicts have local…
Believers Beware: Injustice Cannot Defeat Injustice.
Nine Muslim scholars came together to create a video with the aim to spread a message of peace and an understanding of what Islam truly…
UK Appeal launched to retain Muslim portrait
Access the original article in the UK Independent here William Hoare’s early eighteenth century portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, a Gambian prince who was sold…
Islam in India since 629 AD (4H)
Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore) in the Indian state of Kerala. The story about this masjid is that the…
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…
The Million’s Poet: Niqab – wearing death as a dress
Every Wednesday night, Hissa Hilal steps on to the stage of the popular Abu Dhabi television show The Million’s Poet. As is required of Saudi…
Muhammad’s guidance on the treatment of women
In his message and in his practice the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) elevated the status of women in the context of his time and our time. …