Islam in Jamaica 🇯🇲, The Untold Story 🕌. Many people don’t know this, but Islam has been part of Jamaica’s history for hundreds of years. The first Muslims came from West Africa during the time of slavery. Even though they were taken from their homes, they carried their faith, culture and discipline with them. Over time, more Muslims arrived from Africa, India and the Middle East, helping build the small but strong Muslim community that exists in Jamaica today. Now, you can find mosques and I

Every time Taariq Abdul-Majeed enters an airport, he is seized with dread that his name will boom from a loudspeaker or that he will beckoned by the daunting index finger of a security official to step out of the line. It’s happened in Dubai. In Saudia Arabia. In Kingston. Read more: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210915/jamaican-muslims-still-haunted-islamophobia-worldwide #GLNRToday | Jamaica Gleaner