Beyond Biology: Spiritual Motherhood in Islam and the Legacy of Aisha
May is the month of motherhood in the United States for several reasons, including the celebration of Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of the month. It also falls in the spring, a season that symbolizes rebirth, fertility, and abundance. What many Muslims...
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...
Why governments must play a bigger role in protecting children from conflict
Students attend a class in a damaged building in Gaza. / AFPThe International Day of Education, observed on January 24, provides an opportunity to reflect on the year just gone by and focus on the challenges ahead. In 2025, attacks on education continued...
Ilhan Omar Survives Syringe Attack, Stands Firm Against Trump’s Criticism and ICE Operations
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was sprayed with liquid from a syringe during a town hall she was hosting in north Minneapolis, according to police, in an incident that underscores the increasing threats facing Muslim lawmakers in the U.S.Omar, who was...
First-ever nationally released Muslim animated feature comes to Wisconsin
Courtesy of Milo ProductionsTime Hoppers: The Silk Road follows Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid and Layla in the year 2050. The children stumble on the ability to time travel and embark on a mission to save great men and women who built the foundations of modern...
Why Shaban Is More Powerful Than You Think?
Most people count down to Ramadan. Few notice what comes before it. Yet in Islamic tradition, there is a quiet, often overlooked month that carries extraordinary weight: Shaban.Shaban is called the forgotten month. It sits between Rajab, a sacred month,...
The Betrayal of Spirit
The Muslim world today is adrift, torn between rigid conservatism that fears thought, shallow modernism that mimics Western “progress” without meaning, and a confused religiosity that substitutes emotion, ritual, and the selfish pursuit of heaven for...
Franklin Public Library and MWC host Ramadan kick-off
Photos by Sandra WhiteheadJenny Wegener, Islamic Resource Center librarian (left) and Keri Whitmore, assistant director of Franklin Public Library (right), smile at their first collaborative event, an Eid celebration in 2025.A full house of families from...
Trump’s Largest Immigration Operation Leaves Minnesota in Turmoil
Federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota unfolded in rapid, escalating stages, from a massive federal deployment, to civilian deaths, to children taken from school routes, and finally to statewide protests and political rupture, transforming what the...
When Jewish moral reckoning overshadows Palestinian liberation
Activists at a demonstration against the pro-Israel singer Matisyahu in Philadelphia, on March 22, 2024. (Photo: Joe Piette/Flickr)What role does Jewish anti-Zionism actually play in Palestinian history? Does it change political outcomes? Has it ever...
