Iran’s big question about US election: Will Trump or Harris seek diplomacy?
A woman walks past an anti-American mural on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, August 19, 2023 [FILE: Vahid Salemi/AP Photo]Tehran, Iran – When the United States elects its president, the impact of its choice is felt around the...
Bill Bazzi, Marine vet and Ford engineer, is Dearborn Heights’ first Muslim mayor
An immigrant from Lebanon who served in the U.S. Marines has become the new mayor of Dearborn Heights, the first Arab-American, and first Muslim to lead the city that has become increasingly diverse and politically divided. During its Tuesday night...
Jordanian student brings her passion for peacebuilding to Milwaukee
Rawand Yazaw in 2018 with students from Prince Hamza Bin Al Hussein School in Jordan. Students attended the Model Untied Nations conference to learn about diplomacy, international relations and the United Nations. A graduate student in the University of...
Catholic Church celebrates Islam Day “to overcome prejudice and show true face of Muslims”
Artur Reszko/PAP Today the Polish Catholic Church celebrates its 20th anniversary of Muslim Day. The first Muslim Day, aimed at celebrating inclusion and raising awareness about the similarities between the religions, took place on 26th January 2001. Due...
Mt. Greenwood Man Found Peace, Religion And Family In West Ridge. After His Death, Area’s Muslim Community Helps Those He Loved Most
Catherine McGivney Muhammad Saleh Abdur-Rahman, 60, grew up an outsider in Mt. Greenwood. He found purpose in West Ridge, whose Muslim community helped his family after his untimely death. West Ridge- Stephen Murphy was born in Mt. Greenwood in 1960, the...
Wisconsin attorneys react to Biden’s win
Financial Times On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed more than a dozen executive orders, revoking the travel ban on several majority-Muslim countries, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization, halting...
‘I Can Breathe Again’: Affected Families Celebrate The End Of The Muslim Ban
Al Jazeera “It is so beautiful and it’s just so amazing to see how one signature can make such a big difference.” Mina Mahdavi, a 39-year-old solutions and cybersecurity engineer in California who has not been able to bring her mother from Iran to the U.S....
Saima Mohsin to be 1st Muslim US attorney next month
Detroit Free Press Starting next month, the new top federal prosecutor in Detroit will be Saima Mohsin, the first Muslim to be a U.S. attorney in Michigan and the country, according to federal officials and Muslim advocates. On Feb. 2, Mohsin, 52, is to...
Creating a welcoming world through internationally collaborative education
Bellarmine University As a journalist and a mother in an Arab American family, I have long been concerned about “othering,” dividing the world between “us” and “them,” especially when stereotypes of “them” are too often “backward” or “dangerous.”...
Biden signs orders to end ‘Muslim ban’, rejoin climate deal, WHO
Tom Brenner/Reuters Just hours into his presidency, Joe Biden signs string of executive actions reversing key Trump administration policies. United States President Joe Biden has signed a string of executive orders, memorandums and directives that will...
