Ashura – Lest We Forget
An aerial view shows people gathering at the shrines of Imam Abbas ibn Ali (front) and Imam Husain (background) in the city of Karbala, 88 kilometers south of the capital Baghdad, Iraq (photo: AFP).The tenth day of the first month of the Islamic lunar...
On World Refugee Day, the Palestinian dream of return is still alive
PALESTINIAN ARTIST AND REFUGEE LANA AWAD, 24, PAINTS HER FACE TO MARK WORLD REFUGEE DAY, AT HER HOME IN GAZA CITY ON JUNE 20, 2022. (PHOTO: OMAR ASHTAWY/APA IMAGES) June 20 every year marks World Refugee Day, designated by the UN to honor refugees forced...
Halal Restaurant Week reaches beyond traditional restaurants adding more places to eat halal
Photo by Cherrie Hanson Vita Fugarino, proprietor of Cuppa Tosa coffee shop and café in Wauwatosa, WI., added halal chicken to her menu after she opened in 2020. Cuppa Tosa offers a craft espresso bar, lunch paninis, salads, soups and homemade desserts....
Canadian Muslim Launches ‘World’s First Positive News Platform’
Allah Says in the Qur’an, “Do you not see how Allah compares a good word to a good tree? Its root is firm and its branches reach the sky.” (Qur’an 14:24) Believing that good news have a long-lasting effect on the well-being of people, a news company has...
Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too
Demonstrators protest at the Supreme Court in May after a draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade was leaked. Alex Brandon / Associated PressAs the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade continues to cause alarm across the country,...
World Refugee Day 2022: Wisconsin celebrates a major year for refugee resettlement
Samba de Vida MKE provided Brazillan Samba music as the finale for the World Refugee Day 2022 celebration at Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee.“This last year has been incredibly challenging,” Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Secretary...
Syrian Parkour: The Art of Overcoming Obstacles
Tafani Parkour TeamParkour, a training method founded in the 1980’s, is the practice or Art of overcoming obstacles found in natural and urban environments. A major goal of the sport being to go from point A to point B using the quickest most fluid path....
Australia’s first Muslim women’s festival: By Muslim women, for Muslim women
What made this festival stand apart was an acute understanding that the political realities of Muslim women’s lives extend beyond having a hijab ripped off one’s head or being called a terrorist on the bus ride home, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah. [MWF]...
A leading voice of Islamic thought in the West, ISM religious director Zulfiqar Ali Shah addresses questions from his youth
Photo by Cherrie HansonZulfiqar Ali Shah, Islamic Society of Milwaukee religious director since 2006, is a renowned Islamic scholar who hopes to inspire critical thinking among Muslim youth.Wisconsin’s prolific, erudite religious scholar Zulfiqar Ali Shah,...
Milwaukee pastor “won’t be quiet any longer,” calls for Palestinians’ rights
Rev. Lisa Bates-Froiland waits to speak at a demonstration for Palestinian rights in Milwaukee, wearing a shawl given to her by a family she met in Dheisheh, a Palestinian refugee camp, “where people are living in the third and fourth generations.”For the...
