From Trinidad to Mecca
Access original post on BBC. Nearly three million pilgrims have been performing the Islamic Pilgrimage in Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. Amongst them, an…
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Trini-Muslim Soldier key to Powell’s endorsement of Obama
Colin Powell spoke in his Meet The Press interview of being moved by a photo essay he saw in a magazine: It was a photo…
Celebrating 105th birthday on Eid
First published in Trinidad Express TODAY’S Eid-ul-Fitr celebration is a special and blessed occasion for Rasulan Subratee: she celebrates her 105th birthday. It is the…
Trinidad Mosque celebrates 75 years milestone
First published in Newsday ACCORDING TO president of the Subratee Trace Jamaat, Shaheed Allaham, 2008 marks 75 years since the mosque was founded. It was…
Review Of Guyana in the Islamic World, 1948-2008
This paper focuses on the relationship between Guyana and the Islamic World from 1948 to 2008, and it brings to light the two track relationship,…
Trinidad & Tobago Muslim Marriage & Divorce Regulations
Trinidad & Tobago Muslim Marriage & Divorce Regulations LAWS OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 4. Chap. 45:02. Muslim Marriage and Divorce. 20. Filing of certificate and…
The Muslim Minority in Jamaica
(taken from USINFO.State.Gov website) Dressed in a pale pink-coloured hijab, which formed a covering for her hair and shoulders, 26-year-old Rashida Khan, a postgraduate student…
Documenting devotion: Qasida Burdah dated back to 17th Century
KARACHI, May 23: Across the centuries, the faithful have expressed their love for the Holy Prophet of Islam (ﷺ Peace be upon him) in different…
Surinamese Muslims in a Plural Society
Abstract: The paper “Surinamese Muslims in a Plural Society” attests that in Suriname, Islam survived since its second arrival in 1873 and Muslims have excelled…
Muslims in Suriname and the Netherlands, and the Divided Homeland
Abstract: Muslims of Indian origin in Surinam This article invites a rethinking of the relation between homeland, diaspora and religion. We reflect on Muslims of Indian…