Press conference becomes huge rally for ISM president taken by ICE
Photos by Cherrie HansonHundreds of people came in support of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee president Salah Sarsour, who was taken out of state Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Cars filled the almost 500 spaces of the Islamic...
UN chief says killing of Palestinian children ‘unconscionable’
Palestinian children at the site of an explosion, following Israeli strikes in Gaza City on August 5, 2022 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters] Almost 40 Palestinian children have been killed so far this year in the occupied territories and in many incidents, Israeli...
Gaza death toll rises to 49, including 17 children
Relatives of Ismail Dweik, who was killed in an Israeli air raid, mourn before his funeral outside a hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip [Fatima Shbair/AP] Palestinian mourners held a funeral for a fighter who succumbed to wounds suffered during...
Wisconsin Muslims prepare for fall elections
Photo courtesy of the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Muslims tend to be politically active, voting, volunteering with and donating to political campaigns, new research shows. As campaigns for the Nov. 8th mid-term elections kick-off this...
Facing hate together
Photo by Kamal ShkoukaniJanan Najeeb, president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, offered the closing statement in an interfaith vigil for the 10th Oak Creek Sikh Memorial Anniversary at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.The push and pull of love and...
Federal judge rules for Muslim ban victims, says unjustly rejected visas must be reconsidered
"Activists protest on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the Trump administration's restriction of travel to the U.S. from predominantly Muslin countries, on Capitol Hill June 26, 2019 in Washington, DC." (Attribution: Getty Images)...
Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wins decisive grassroots primary
Rashida Tlaib has won her primary in a decisive victory [Getty]Palestinian American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and her supporters are celebrating her decisive victory in Michigan’s Democratic primary Tuesday night. Early Wednesday morning, the Associated...
Storyteller Salam Fatayer is ‘Uniquely Milwaukee’
Salam Fatayer is making a career out of telling other people’s stories, but her own story is as interesting as many that she’s shared on her podcast. Fatayer was born in Jerusalem, lived in Milwaukee through age 11 but moved to Palestine for six years...
Religious groups mustn’t stall on accessibility, disability activists say
Participants in the DEEN Peer Network program meet at the Islamic Institute of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Photo courtesy of DEEN Support Services. This story is part of a series on disability and faith. (RNS) — In the 1970s, Rabia Khedr was growing up in...
Photos: Yemen’s honey production a victim of war, climate crisis
A Yemeni beekeeper shows a honeycomb at a farm in the city of Taiz. [Ahmad Al-Basha/AFP]For Yemeni beekeeper Mohammed Saif, honey production used to be a lucrative business, but years of war and climate change have taken the buzz out of the family...
