Statewide campaign aims to end Illinois’ investment in Israel
Activists protest outside of the Illinois State Board of Investment in Chicago on June 20, 2025. (Photo: Paul Goyette)Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs has been investing in Israel for nearly a decade. Since becoming the sole fiduciary of the...
“THE FLAGMAKERS” COMING SOON TO DISNEY+ (US)
Editors note: The Flagmakers premiered for one showing in Milwaukee on Nov. 17th, at the Oriental Theater with a talkback featuring directors, Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese and Milwaukee locals that were featured in the film. Look for a more in depth...
Ghanaian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27
Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, poses for photos at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. She made a plea for negotiators at the summit to come to an agreement that could help curb global warming. (AP...
World Cup 2022: Children of immigrants feel the passion
Abdulhamid Ali of Whitefish Bay and his grandson Karem watched a match between Bayern Munich and Manchester City at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. In the Sixties and Seventies, Abdulhamid Ali of Whitefish Bay played soccer on the streets of Mogadishu and at...
Online Islamic Learning Platforms for Muslim Kids
It is fairly common that children of all ages are engaging in some way or another with digital devices. While parents of younger children should be more apprehensive about it due to potential harm to health, connecting our children online is all about...
11-year-old British Muslim boy outscores IQ of Einstein, Hawking
Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old from Leeds, has scored 162 on an IQ test. (File/Irfan Shah)LONDON: Yusuf Shah, an 11-year-old from Leeds, has scored 162 on an IQ test, outperforming geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, the Metro reported.Achieving the...
Afghan women relocated to Milwaukee find solace in sewing circles
Photos by Cherrie Hanson One of the Afghan participants shows her sewing technique to translators. (Note: The women in the Sewing Circles Project requested that the Wisconsin Muslim Journal not use their names in telling this story). A woman's hand rests...
23-year-old Indian American Muslim woman wins US midterm elections
Nabeela Syed, a 23-year-old Indian American Muslim woman, has won the election for the 51st House district of the Illinois state legislature in United States.“My name is Nabeela Syed. I’m a 23-year old Muslim, Indian-American woman. We just flipped a...
The Midterm Results Show Muslim Americans Are No Longer on the Fringe of U.S. Politics
Getty Images The Nov. 8 midterms almost saw Dr. Mehmet Oz become the first Muslim U.S. Senator. The Republican TV doctor-turned-politician—who wasn’t exactly popular among a wide swathe of Muslim Americans—would have been a controversial first for the...
Veteran’s Day: Honoring Wisconsin’s Muslim Veterans
Muslim Americans serve in the U.S. military at higher rates than most segments of the population.“Nine-eleven made me join the Army,” said Mustapha Touray of Madison this week in an interview over WhatsApp from his native country Gambia. “I decided to join...
