Educators Union Rejects Anti-Defamation League, Cuts Ties
The National Education Association voted July 6 to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. Photo: Calvin Knight The Anti-Defamation League has been a ubiquitous presence in U.S. schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and...
Muslim women are using Sharia to push for gender equality
Muslim women in India protesting against the use of Sharia as a tool for oppression. anjay Purkait/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesSharia is often portrayed as barbaric and particularly regressive in terms of women’s rights. Citing Sharia,...
The Medieval Schools of Fez – Morocco’s Intellectual Heritage
Called the ‘Holy City of Morocco’, Fez is, above all, noted for its Qarawiyin mosque – the symbol of the country’s intellectual life and its most prestigious historic site. For more than eleven hundred years it has been the haven for Islamic scholars and...
UW-Madison Interfaith Fellows shape campus culture and each other
UW-Madison Center for Religion and Global Citizenry's 2022-23 Interfaith Fellows includes six Muslims: (top) Hali Jama, Ghaida Edreis and Mohamed El Ragaby; (bottom) Rida Ali, Karam Gursahani and Najma Hurre As the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center...
In Salma al-Shehab case, MBS again plays Biden for a fool
Saudi crown prince Mohhamed bin Salman (Reuters)/Salma al-Sehab (NBC News/screeengrab)/President Biden (DoD)The Saudi government under the de facto rule of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has become increasingly repressive with draconian punishments meted...
She’s a Step Closer to Becoming First Black Woman in Minnesota Senate
Zaynab Mohamed has moved one step closer to her dream after winning Democratic primary elections last week.With this victory, she is on the threshold to become first Black and youngest woman elected to the Minnesota Senate,On Tuesday’s vote, Mohamed, a...
ISM Core Sisterly program to offer young Muslim women uplifting mental health strategies
Photo by Ifrah Akhter Anyone 17 years old and up has lived through multiple crises, including the Great Recession of 2008, constant news of wars and forced migration, a pandemic that disrupted schooling and caused social isolation, a reckoning with...
What are the Islamic Solidarity Games and what makes them significant?
Türkiye is hosting the 5th edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya. We look at the importance of this mega sporting event.A splendid display of fireworks and light show lit up the Konya sky last evening as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
150 Years after His Death, Opera Gives Voice to Muslim Slave
“Tell your story, Omar. You must or they will never know,and you will fade into dust.” Those lines are part of the new opera “Omar” which tells the story of Omar Ibn Said, a highly educated Muslim man from West Africa who was captured and brought to the US...
Wisconsin Sunni and Shiite join together in prayer for Muslim unity
Photos by Kamal ShkoukaniSayyid Sameer Ali speaks to an audience of Sunni and Shiite Muslims gathered to pray for Muslim unity.“Sectarian hate has no place in our faith,” said Naheed Arshad of Mequon, one of the organizers of the “Sunni & Shia Prayer...
