Attorney’s customized fellowship offers legal aid and resources for Muslim families
Photo by Cherrie Hanson Driven by the desire to help people, Caitlin Aladham, attorney with Legal Action of Wisconsin, provides legal representation for the Muslim community, and resources for navigating the U.S. legal system. Attorney Caitlin Aladham...
Movie About Muslim Genocide Shown in Serbia for First Time
A woman prays at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, after the first public showing of Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic's film on the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic) A movie about a mass killing in Bosnia was shown for the first time publicly in...
American Muslim Bar Association Introduces Valuable Opportunities For Attorneys While Promoting and Protecting Muslim Legal Rights
The American Muslim Bar Association (AMBA), which was founded over a year ago, is offering multiple programs for attorneys, law students and the American Muslim community at large to get engaged with the legal system in the U.S.Salmah Rizvi, AMBA’s Founding President,...
Wisconsin Muslims urged to take action on anti-Islamophobia bill
The United States House of Representatives passed the Combating International Islamophobia Act in mid-December. Now it is time to push for its passage in the Senate, says Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance executive director Wassim Malas.Sponsored by Rep....
Muslims face a suicide crisis in America. The taboo of talking about it must end
Several recent tragedies were the catalyst for Maristan to launch its 500 imam Campaign with a goal to train at least 500 Muslim leaders across the country in 2022 in suicide prevention, intervention and post intervention. Maristan's five-year goal is to train...
The Muslim hiker inspiring his community to hit the hills
The Muslim Hiking group on their Christmas day walk of Mam Tor in Derbyshire Photograph: PRThe Muslim Hiking group received racist comments when they posted pictures of their Christmas day walk in the Peak District. And that makes their leader Haroon Mota even more...
EL3VATE Fitness Introduces Personal Training Programs and Apparel
On August 10th, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, close friends, Abdallah Badwan, Suhib Badwan, and Bilal Hussein opened ELƎVATE fitness, a fitness apparel brand, and online retailer. These co-founders want to create a new movement in personal training...
From Prom Queen to Hijabi: My Journey to Faith on a Road Less Traveled
PHOTO ©:ManyBooks From Prom Queen to Hijabi: My Journey to Faith on a Road Less Traveled (2021) by U.M. FatimaISBN: 9781079710090Finding your belonging and your acceptance is a struggle. Throughout life, finding your place can be difficult. Going through...
1,450 Afghan kids were evacuated to the US without their parents. Some are ‘never going to be reunited with family’
(CNN)An 8-year-old sobs every night after her aunt puts her to bed. A 17-year-old wakes up clutching his pillow and calling out his little brother's name. And hundreds of children who remain in US government custody keep asking questions no one knows how to answer....
A Few Reflections from 2021
A look back at some of the feature stories from the Wisconsin Muslim Journal in 2021; a celebration of Muslim-owned businesses that opened this year, an acknowledgment of the essential programs of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition such as Wisconsin Muslim...
