Tuesday’s election: Muslim candidates run for Franklin and Madison alders
Abdirahman Siad (left) and Nabil Salous (right) run for Madison and Franklin city councils, respectively. In Tuesday’s election, Muslims are on the ballot for Wisconsin city council seats—Nabil Salous in Franklin and Abdirahman Siad in Madison. Two...
College MSAs Hold Space for Community During Ramadan
For many colleges and universities, Ramadan can be the busiest time of the year, attracting both Muslim and non-Muslim students alike. Many Muslim Student Associations (MSAs) hold special events and programs to help support Muslim students and faculty...
From Iraq to Palestine, and beyond: Weaponisation of ‘Othering’
George Orwell, a prophet of linguistic clarity in a world increasingly shrouded in doublespeak, understood the insidious power of language to shape perception and justify atrocity. In his seminal essay “Politics and the English Language,” Orwell warned...
Ramadan throughout Wisconsin’s growing communities: Oshkosh, Madison and Janesville
Janesville Muslim Dawah Circle found its permanent home in 2014 during the month Ramadan, continuing to grow and provide community to local Muslims. Every Muslim community celebrates the holy month of Ramadan in their own, unique way. While the Greater...
The History and Background of Laylatul Qadr
Laylatul Qadr, or the Night of Power, is a special night during which Muslims believe that the fate of humanity is decreed. It is believed to fall on one of the odd-numbered nights during the last ten days of Ramadan, and many Muslims stay up all night...
From ‘salam’ shower gel to ‘ethnic’ bedding, firms want to celebrate Ramadan.
The first Ramadan lights installation at Piccadilly Circus, London, 21 March 2023. Photograph: Anna Gordon/Reuters Supermarkets have wheeled out the 20kg bags of rice. High-street stores have popped hijabs on mannequins. Cosmetic companies are churning out...
Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Annual Revert Iftar
Photos by Yaseen Najeeb Adrianna Noye (front right), new to Wisconsin, came from Whitewater for the MWC Revert Iftar, where she met (clockwise from front left) Talibah Hanif, Victoria Garcia, Destiny Davis, Hadiyyah Clark, Hana'a Alqam, Samatha Williams,...
Noor & Mahmoud: Young Hearts Be Free Tonight, Time is on Your Side
Friends, I would like to tell you a little story about a young woman. Her parents were from Syria and, like so many others before them and from all over the world, they came to America to start a family and to give their children a better life. This is the...
Talking to Young Children About Gaza
Fundamental to our work as educators and caretakers of children is an obligation to tell young people the truth about the world and give them tools to take action.For those of us in a wave of grief as we watch Palestinian children be killed and injured,...
Hundreds rally in Milwaukee for Mahmoud Khalil
Photos by Yaseen Najeeb Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine members rallied Friday to call for the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil who is being held in a detention center in Louisiana without charges. More than two hundred...
