Book Review: The weight of witnessing
Displaced Palestinians struggle with flooding after heavy rain hits the Tal El-Hawa area in Gaza City, on November 30, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images) Wasim Said’s Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza is a text born beneath...
UW-Madison Interfaith Fellows shape campus culture and each other
UW-Madison Center for Religion and Global Citizenry's 2022-23 Interfaith Fellows includes six Muslims: (top) Hali Jama, Ghaida Edreis and Mohamed El Ragaby; (bottom) Rida Ali, Karam Gursahani and Najma Hurre As the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center...
In Salma al-Shehab case, MBS again plays Biden for a fool
Saudi crown prince Mohhamed bin Salman (Reuters)/Salma al-Sehab (NBC News/screeengrab)/President Biden (DoD)The Saudi government under the de facto rule of crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has become increasingly repressive with draconian punishments meted...
She’s a Step Closer to Becoming First Black Woman in Minnesota Senate
Zaynab Mohamed has moved one step closer to her dream after winning Democratic primary elections last week.With this victory, she is on the threshold to become first Black and youngest woman elected to the Minnesota Senate,On Tuesday’s vote, Mohamed, a...
ISM Core Sisterly program to offer young Muslim women uplifting mental health strategies
Photo by Ifrah Akhter Anyone 17 years old and up has lived through multiple crises, including the Great Recession of 2008, constant news of wars and forced migration, a pandemic that disrupted schooling and caused social isolation, a reckoning with...
What are the Islamic Solidarity Games and what makes them significant?
Türkiye is hosting the 5th edition of the Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya. We look at the importance of this mega sporting event.A splendid display of fireworks and light show lit up the Konya sky last evening as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
150 Years after His Death, Opera Gives Voice to Muslim Slave
“Tell your story, Omar. You must or they will never know,and you will fade into dust.” Those lines are part of the new opera “Omar” which tells the story of Omar Ibn Said, a highly educated Muslim man from West Africa who was captured and brought to the US...
Wisconsin Sunni and Shiite join together in prayer for Muslim unity
Photos by Kamal ShkoukaniSayyid Sameer Ali speaks to an audience of Sunni and Shiite Muslims gathered to pray for Muslim unity.“Sectarian hate has no place in our faith,” said Naheed Arshad of Mequon, one of the organizers of the “Sunni & Shia Prayer...
Netflix releases trailer for highly-anticipated Palestinian-scripted series ‘Mo’
Mo Amer, who stars in the new series Mo, already has two Netflix specials [source: Getty]Netflix released the trailer for its highly-anticipated series Mo on Tuesday, offering a glimpse into the humour and heartbreak expected from the A24 TV show, scripted...
Muslim Organizations Promote Unity As Confusion Grows Over Motive Of New Mexico Killings
There are calls for a full investigation of the circumstances and motives around the tragic shooting deaths of four men, which have devastated a small mosque community in Albuquerque, N.M. The attacks, over a period of many months, led to the arrest last...
