“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.”