First-ever nationally released Muslim animated feature comes to Wisconsin
Courtesy of Milo ProductionsTime Hoppers: The Silk Road follows Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid and Layla in the year 2050. The children stumble on the ability to time travel and embark on a mission to save great men and women who built the foundations of modern...
Canadian Muslim Launches ‘World’s First Positive News Platform’
Allah Says in the Qur’an, “Do you not see how Allah compares a good word to a good tree? Its root is firm and its branches reach the sky.” (Qur’an 14:24) Believing that good news have a long-lasting effect on the well-being of people, a news company has...
Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too
Demonstrators protest at the Supreme Court in May after a draft opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade was leaked. Alex Brandon / Associated PressAs the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade continues to cause alarm across the country,...
World Refugee Day 2022: Wisconsin celebrates a major year for refugee resettlement
Samba de Vida MKE provided Brazillan Samba music as the finale for the World Refugee Day 2022 celebration at Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee.“This last year has been incredibly challenging,” Wisconsin Department of Children and Families Secretary...
Syrian Parkour: The Art of Overcoming Obstacles
Tafani Parkour TeamParkour, a training method founded in the 1980’s, is the practice or Art of overcoming obstacles found in natural and urban environments. A major goal of the sport being to go from point A to point B using the quickest most fluid path....
Australia’s first Muslim women’s festival: By Muslim women, for Muslim women
What made this festival stand apart was an acute understanding that the political realities of Muslim women’s lives extend beyond having a hijab ripped off one’s head or being called a terrorist on the bus ride home, writes Randa Abdel-Fattah. [MWF]...
A leading voice of Islamic thought in the West, ISM religious director Zulfiqar Ali Shah addresses questions from his youth
Photo by Cherrie HansonZulfiqar Ali Shah, Islamic Society of Milwaukee religious director since 2006, is a renowned Islamic scholar who hopes to inspire critical thinking among Muslim youth.Wisconsin’s prolific, erudite religious scholar Zulfiqar Ali Shah,...
Milwaukee pastor “won’t be quiet any longer,” calls for Palestinians’ rights
Rev. Lisa Bates-Froiland waits to speak at a demonstration for Palestinian rights in Milwaukee, wearing a shawl given to her by a family she met in Dheisheh, a Palestinian refugee camp, “where people are living in the third and fourth generations.”For the...
A huge show of support for families of three who drowned in Milwaukee last week
Photos by MOUNA PHOTOGRAPHY Hundreds of people attended funeral prayers Friday for three Milwaukee Muslims who drowned last week: a 10-year-old boy who fell in a drainage ditch, his father who tried to save him and their friend who tried to save them both....
The First Hijabi Police Officer in Illinois Wants to Inspire
It had rained earlier that day in Bartlett, IL, and Officer Maha Ayesh was the first to arrive on the scene. A car had crashed into an electrical pole, resulting in wires strewn all over the place which her commander had previously warned her about. Making...
