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…
Muslims
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…
Mawlid An-Nabi Permissibility
MAWLID: CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ALLAH’S BLESSINGS AND PEACE UPON HIM Is there evidence for the celebration of Mawlid — the Prophet’s…
A unique Muslim identity in Trinidad and Tobago
London – In a globalised world of increased communication and information exchange, men and women from the “third world” live in the complicated intersection of…
The chronology of Islam in America and in the Caribbean
1492 African Muslims from Granada and Guinea landed in the New World with Columbus 1500-Berbers , Wolofs and Mandingoes sold as slaves in Mexico. 1503-Spanish…
Muslims in the Caribbean Before Columbus
A report in Before Columbus by Cyrus Gordon describes coins found in the southern Caribbean region: “…off the coast of Venezuela were discovered a hoard…