“Ending 600 Years of White Empire” was the focus of the Trinidad Muslim League and Islamic Resource Society’s annual Emancipation Lecture, held at the National Library in Port of Spain on Sunday.
Continuing a discussion from 2025, founding Amir of the Islamic Resource Society, Amir Bilaal Abdullah, explored the historical dominance of Western Europe and its influence on global political, economic and cultural systems.
“The relevance is that the world we live in today has been shaped by forces that have been many years in the making, and the system is extremely powerful and well entrenched. Most people don’t understand the historical background to the problems faced by societies and nations worldwide. Nor do most people appreciate the global nature of the forces that quite literally run the world.”
Amir Abdullah noted that while the history books record that the Transatlantic Slave Trade began about 400 years ago, he said the trade in African slaves began even earlier.
“For the past 600 years, a racially-based caste system has been enforced on the planet in which Western Europeans and their offspring have the right to rule the world by force while the rest of the people on the planet, are viewed as not being fully human and destined to be permanently subject to them. Good people around the world need to push back against this global evil. And God willing, good will triumph over evil.”
He noted that despite the formal Emancipation Declaration, the Western European plan continues today.
“The Empire always uses divide and conquer, whether between countries, within nations, within communities and even within families. For example, they will encourage a generation gap, they will promote disrespect for elders, they will discourage marriage, and they will do all manner of things to keep people from coming together for good.”