Anti-Muslim rhetoric being shared in Guyanese online communities

Dear Editor,

I write to draw attention to a troubling trend quietly taking root across online Guyanese communities and Facebook groups—one that threatens the very core of our social fabric.

Every day, posts designed to stoke anti-Muslim hatred, religious fear-mongering, and bigotry are shared across popular Guyanese Facebook pages and diaspora forums. Much of this content—often re-posted without scrutiny—originates far beyond our borders, stemming from coordinated political and ideological agendas rooted in the United States, India, Israel, Russia, and elsewhere.

When Guyanese users amplify these divisive posts, we unwittingly allow ourselves to become free instruments in someone else’s political war.

Guyana’s greatest national strength—both at home and across the diaspora—has always been our interfaith harmony. For generations, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians have lived side-by-side. We share in each other’s joys, respect each other’s places of worship, celebrate each other’s holidays, and support one another as one people.

We must not allow foreign ideological conflicts to erode this tradition of mutual respect. We cannot stoop to importing hatred manufactured by algorithms and propaganda mills abroad.

The Islamic Organisations in Guyana seem increasingly occupied and oblivious to these developments, Selective amnesia.

I urge Guyanese, especially group administrators and users on social media, to exercise critical thinking.