Caribbean History Before Columbus Needs To Be Taught
Caribbean History “For most of the literate world today, the first contact that the Caribbean had with the outside world was on October 12, 1492…
African Muslims
The Gracious Cuban People
I had always wanted to visit Cuba, since childhood! Not that I haven’t visited many countries or have simply procrastinated my bucket list, but this…
Freedom Come. African Muslim Slaves and The Abolition of Slavery
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was an 1833 Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom abolishing slavery throughout most of the British Empire (with…
Haiti Muslim Heritage
History of Muslims in St Lucia
Islamic History and Muslims According to Abdullah Abdul Raheem; there are very small Muslim community (150-200 ) in St Lucia. The community is made up…
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…
Muslims Were Banned From the Americas as Early as the 16th Century
Long before today’s anxiety about terror attacks, Spain and England feared that enslaved Africans would be more susceptible to revolt if they were Muslim On…
FARRAKHAN: JAMAICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ARE NOT YET INDEPENDENT
Smiling as he looked over the crowd of thousands gathered at the National Arena, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said, “Jamaica, you are a pearl…
CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CASE FOR REPARATIONS
An Address delivered by Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the Caricom Reparations Commission, House of Commons, Parliament of Great Britain, Thursday, July 16, 2014….
Sacrifices of the forgotten African Muslims of Guyana
Last week, as Muslims worldwide, celebrated Eid Ul Azha, we penned a letter to the media on an historical petition dating back to 1896 which…