Recent Releases to Read Before the New Year
Approaching a new year often invites reflection, and books are the perfect companion for that type of introspection. From a collection of stories by Banu Mushtaq to profound essays about identity from N.S. Nuseibeh, there are plenty of new releases that...
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...
Cop27: UN urges countries to address climate-displaced peoples
A boat on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province, on 24 July 2022 (AFP)The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is calling on world leaders to address the impact that climate...
Two Muslim Elected Officials Speak about the Importance of Working on Public Policy
Muslims are a rapidly-growing demographic in the United States and indeed throughout the world. For some, it seems logical that Muslims’ voices should be heard in policymaking and that leaders from our community should represent us, communicating our needs...
Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition president chosen to head MICAH Religious Leaders Caucus
Photo by Dick Blau Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition President Janan Najeeb, new chairperson of MICAH’s Religious Leaders Caucus, addresses a rally for fair voting Monday at Milwaukee City Hall. When Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope...
Why not voting may be a sin
It happens before almost every major election.Particularly after Friday prayers where the focus of the weekly sermon is on the importance of voting in the upcoming presidential election, or on days when a mosque may be holding a voter registration drive,...
OP-ED: VOTING RIGHTS SHOULD BE THE CAUSE OF ALL WHO BELIEVE AMERICA’S PROMISE
By Luci Baines Johnson, civil rights leader and daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.August 6, 1965 is a day etched in my heart forever.This year, on the 57th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, my father’s assistant Marie Fehmer Chiarodo wrote...
