Gentle Heart, Gentle Art: Connecting Jiu-Jitsu to Prophetic Teachings
Meet the Latino Muslim father who is working to revive Prophetic manhood through Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Dr. Hernán Guadalupe is not a new face in the Muslim community, particularly along the East Coast, where he is known for combining physical training with...
Two Wisconsin Muslim women honor their Native American heritage
Jaime Brown of Kenosha often incorporates symbolism from her Native American culture into her artwork.When the City of Milwaukee commissioned internationally acclaimed artist Jaime Brown, a Muslim from Kenosha, to create a mural for the 2nd Street Skywalk,...
Getting to Know Aisha Bewley; A Muslim Convert Who Translated Quran into English
TEHRAN (IQNA) – British author and translator Aisha Bewley is a Muslim convert who has contributed to the spread of Islamic thoughts in English-speaking audience. Thanks to her efforts, the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) named her as the...
Fans unite for Friday prayers during Muslim world’s first World Cup
Friday prayers at a mosque in Doha, Qatar, on 25 November 2022. Muslims in Doha attend their local mosque for Friday prayers on the same day World Cup hosts Qatar play Senegal (Reuters)In the early afternoon, muezzins across Qatar called Muslim football...
Yemeni spokesperson, Nashwan Alshargabi, addresses the humanitarian disaster in his homeland
Photo courtesy of Nashwan Alshargabi Nashwan Alshargabi (right) in Al-Makatera, Yemen, with his neighbor Rafeek (left) and brother-in-law Mosa (middle). While the western media trains its cameras on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the civil war in Yemen...
Defying False Perceptions of Beauty
Day in and day out we are bombarded with media messages and other influential mediums which define and identify our perceptions of beauty. Interestingly, this is not a unique present-age problem, in fact, it has always been around. Over time, things have...
Saudi Arabia stuns Lionel Messi’s Argentina in one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images Messi scored the opening goal but could do little to stop Argentina from falling to defeat. Saudi Arabia produced one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history Tuesday, beating Lionel Messi’s Argentina 2-1 in an...
Muslim and Jewish theologians share sacred history in interreligious dialogues
Photo by Lila Aryan Dr. Fatih Harpci, chair of the religion department at Carthage College in Kenosha, WI. and Rabbi David Cohen from Congregation Sinai, lead six sessions on the shared figures in Islam and Judaism. Historic conflicts between the major...
“THE FLAGMAKERS” COMING SOON TO DISNEY+ (US)
Editors note: The Flagmakers premiered for one showing in Milwaukee on Nov. 17th, at the Oriental Theater with a talkback featuring directors, Cynthia Wade and Sharon Liese and Milwaukee locals that were featured in the film. Look for a more in depth...
Ghanaian girl cuts through jargon, delivers message at COP27
Nakeeyat Dramani Sam, of Ghana, poses for photos at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. She made a plea for negotiators at the summit to come to an agreement that could help curb global warming. (AP...
