40-year-old Racine peace organization hosts lecture, Gaza: Why hasn’t the bloodshed stopped?
Elizabeth Brownson, Ph.D., (left) stood by as Racine Coalition for Peace and Justice president Sonali Knotek (right) introduced the University of Wisconsin-Parkside associate professor of history before her public talk on the often untold history behind...
4 Black-Led Mosques in the U.S. That Made History
Masjid Malcolm Shabazz in Harlem, New York. Photo cred: @americanarchitecture on Instagram The story of Islam in the United States is intricately tied to Black history. What started from enslaved West Africans eventually led to Islamic institutions that...
Shipping giant MSC facilitates trade from Israeli settlements through EU
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has regularly shipped cargo from companies based in illegal Israeli settlements [File: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]Milan, Italy – The world’s largest shipping line has been enabling the transport of goods to and from...
Islamic Resource Center Library features books on faith, history and identity for Black History Month
Forged at the intersection of Islam and hip hop, "Muslim Cool" by Su'ad Abdul Khabeer, is a way of being Muslim that draws on Blackness to challenge white supremacy and the anti-Blackness found in Arab and South Asian U.S. Muslim communities. (publisher...
Historic Shift in Indonesia’s Hajj Mission as Women Officers Reach 33 Percent
Indonesia is preparing for the 2026 Hajj with a historic shift in how it supports its pilgrims, by deploying the largest number of female Hajj officers the country has ever sent, a move aimed directly at improving care, dignity, and comfort for women and...
The lawyers behind Israel’s covert programme to criminalise BDS worldwide
It is October 2020. Michelle Williams, then-partner at the prestigious British law firm Clifford Chance, has just scheduled an online call with representatives of the Israeli government for a confidential project. Williams won’t be talking to Tel Aviv’s...
MPD and Muslim civic organization launch communication amidst public outcry against police chief’s training in Israel
Screenshots by WMJ via @klettocracy Milwaukee police officers and MPD Chief Jeffrey Norman sit on the front row during a public meeting last month before the Police and Fire Commission dominated by comments about Norman's 2025 counter terrorism training...
Book Review: The weight of witnessing
Displaced Palestinians struggle with flooding after heavy rain hits the Tal El-Hawa area in Gaza City, on November 30, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images) Wasim Said’s Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza is a text born beneath...
Crush Your Ego Before Ramadan
We begin by praising Allah and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or obeyed unconditionally except Him alone. We bear witness that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is His final messenger.We ask Allah to send His peace and blessings upon...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to give keynote for Wisconsin unity event
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) will join Wisconsin community leaders Sunday in a show of unity against rising intimidation and political violence. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar will deliver the keynote address at the Faith, Unity and Community Gathering...
