TT: The Muslim Voter
Soon after the August 10th, 2020 Trinidad and Tobago elections date was announced, the Trinidad Guardian front page screamed “MUSLIMS DIVIDED”. In the days that…
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New Book: Far From Mecca – Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean
Muslims have lived in the Caribbean for centuries. Far From Mecca: Globalizing the Muslim Caribbean (Rutgers University Press, 2020) examines the archive of autobiography, literature, music and public celebrations in Guyana and Trinidad, offering an analysis of the ways Islam became integral to the Caribbean, and the ways the Caribbean shaped Islamic practices.
Muhammed Abdhur Rahman Slade Hopkinson
A Tribute To Muslim-Guyanese Poet And Actor Slade Hopkinson was a Guyanese poet and actor who was born in New Amsterdam, Berbice, British Guiana in…
IAN ALLEYNE’S FULL INTERVIEW WITH YASIN ABU BAKR LEADER OF JAMAAT UL MUSLIMEEN
Yasin Abu Bakr, leader of Jamaat ul Muslimeen (JAM) of Trinidad was interviewed by Ian Alleyne. Alleyne produces and hosts a popular TV show Crimewatch. …
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. …
T & T Friendly Society Enters Home Construction Market
Takaaful T&T, a registered Friendly Society is entering the home construction market. “After twenty years of continuous growth, our Society has finally entered the Home…
HISTORY OF HASSANALI MEAH MEMORIAL MASJID
AKA Macoon Street Masjid The Hassanali Meah Memorial Masjid is situated on Macoon Street, Victoria Village, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. It was constructed circa…
TT Muslims Aid Bahamian Hurricane Survivors
TT Muslims Aid Bahamian Hurricane Survivors to survivors of Hurricane Dorion. Concerned Muslims of Trinidad and Tobago assembled, shipped and hand-delivered relief supplies to many…
The Trauma of Indentureship, Colonization and Resistance:
This spoken word composition is based on my personal lived experiences, my intersectional social locations, inter-generational memories and based on my relationality to the many facets of my identity such as being Muslim, South Asian, Indian, Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean, Trinidadian, Guyanese, being the descendant of indentured labourers
RESCUED!
Two Trinidadian Boys Rescued NPR has provided extended background information on the successful rescue of two boys taken to ISIS territory by their father. NPR reported that: …