Salah is free!
Photos by Yaseen Najeeb Hundreds celebrated the return of Islamic Society of Milwaukee president Salah Sarsour Thursday from an Indiana jail, where U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement held him for 80 days. “I am back, Alhamdulillah (all praise be to...
Marquette University’s new Muslim chaplain has two missions
Photo courtesy of Marquette UniversityFatih Harpci, Ph.D., joined Marquette University's Campus Ministry last summer as MU's Muslim chaplain. As students in Marquette University’s Arabic Language and Culture Club set up calligraphy and henna stations, an...
What can I do in the face of genocide?
Credit: Artist Zahra Gulraiz created this image in honor of US Air Force Aaron Bushnell who self-emulated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC two years ago today in protest of his country’s complicity in genocide.I find myself asking this...
Ramadan around the world – in pictures
The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, featuring celebrations, prayers, pre-dawn breakfasts and post-sundown meals, began at sunrise in the Middle East and a day later in much of Asia. In the Muslim lunar calendar, months begin only when the new moon is...
Observing Laylat al-Qadr, Ramadan’s holiest night
Photo by Yaseen Najeeb Islamic Society of Milwaukee Religious Chair Waleed Najeeb, M.D., leads the planning of the ISM-Main's observance of Laylat al-Qadr, a dusk-to-dawn prayer and worship program. Longtime Milwaukee Muslim community member Sameer Ewis,...
How Ottoman culinary traditions continue to shape Ramadan meals across South Asia
As the call to prayer softens the edges of dusk, kitchens across South Asia begin their quiet transformation. Dough rises beneath muslin cloths, milk simmers into silk, and dates are deseeded, split open with care. Hundreds of miles away, in the shadow of...
Near-blind Rohingya refugee dies after US agents left him far from home
An undated photograph of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, provided by his family [File/Handout : Nurul Amin Shah Alam's family via Reuters]A nearly blind Rohingya refugee from Myanmar has been found dead in Buffalo, New York, days after the United States Border...
The Hakim Family: A foundational stone in Milwaukee’s Muslim community
Photos courtesy of the Hakim/Clark family Four generations of women related to Sr. Hadrat Hakim and Br. Jalil Abdul Hakim, perhaps Milwaukee’s first Muslim couple, celebrate a Mother’s Day event. Adults (front row, center left in blue) Lathita Ahmad,...
Three Paths, One Horizon
(Left to right) Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, Imam Jamil Al-Amin, and Malcolm XThe story of Islam in America is often told in fragments – moments of protest and prayer, of awakening and struggle, of communities finding themselves while trying to be fully seen...
Adopt a Convert This Ramadan: A Family Guide to Compassion
During the month of Ramadan, many families seek meaningful ways to increase their good deeds and enrich their worship. Ramadan was prescribed as a means of attaining God-consciousness through fasting, a practice observed by faith communities before us. ...
