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...
Ilhan Omar’s American Dream Is Strong Enough for These Times
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks with reporters gathered outside Mercado Central on August 11, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)After four years living in a Kenyan refugee camp, where they had fled from the violence...
Muslims Across India Rally Against Controversial Waqf Bill
Muslims across India are rallying in opposition to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which they argue is a direct attack on their religious and cultural institutions. Led by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), demonstrators are pushing back...
Masjid Al-Noor’s Interfaith Iftar becomes a Brookfield tradition
Photos by Sandra Whitehead(Left to right) Shahida Munim, M.D., invited her friend Barbara Mangiafico of Sussex to Masjid Al-Noor's interfaith iftar last week. Mangiafico invited her friends Jean Conner, Cristine Madden and Jamie Thomson of Sussex....
