Milwaukee organizers continue morning banner drops for Palestine
Photos by Cherrie Hanson Volunteers from multiple grassroots organizations in the Greater Milwaukee area drop protest banners every week at a high traffic location on Lincoln Memorial Drive. Activists in Milwaukee have fervently committed themselves to...
Dane County prosecutor Awais Khaleel tapped to join Wisconsin Ethics Commission
When Dane County Assistant District Attorney Awais Khaleel officially joins the Wisconsin Ethics Commission next week, he's not planning to leave his prosecutorial background at the door. Rather, the 36-year-old Madison resident said in a recent interview he's looking...
UW–Madison meal service offers suhoor for fasting students
University of Wisconsin – Madison freshmen Rafey Choudhry of Brookfield and Hadi Najeeb of Mequon are on their own for Ramadan this year. They both live in residence halls on campus and are experiencing Islam’s holiest month of the year away from home for the first...
What to Do If You Are a Victim of Religious Discrimination In the Workplace
If you suffered workplace religious discrimination because you are Muslim, you may be able to pursue an employment law claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. You will need to gather supporting evidence and documentation for your claim, so you can support your...
Muslims start Ramadan under the shadow of the coronavirus
Millions of Muslims around the world fast as they mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on Tuesday amid restrictions on communal prayers and fasting due to the coronavirus pandemic. Muslims across the world will be...
Entrepreneurial women make connections and follow their passions.
When Faiza Ahmedi in of Greenfield was a recent medical school graduate and a new bride in Hyderabad, India, she shipped some colorful shawls from Kashmir to her new husband in Milwaukee. Business had always intrigued her and she thought the bright, high-quality...
Prophet Muhammad’s female companion built the first Islamic health centre
Rufaida al Aslamiyah devoted all her life to curing the sick and tending the wounded, and she is believed to have founded the first Islamic health centre in Medina. It's been almost a year and a half since the pandemic began. To tackle it, health workers in every...
China is committing ‘crimes against humanity’ with its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, human rights group says
In the name of a "People's War on Terror," the government of China has waged a campaign of repression against largely Muslim minorities in the province of Xinjiang, arbitrarily detaining as many as 1 million people in a network of prison facilities where torture and...
Wisconsin’s first hijab-wearing on-air news reporter joins TMJ4
Ubah Ali, 25, Wisconsin’s first and America’s third reporter to wear the hijab on the air, joined TMJ4 as a reporter and multimedia journalist in March. In her first televised broadcast for TMJ4, she reported April 5 on Wisconsin’s COVID vaccinations from a pop-up...
REP. BETTY MCCOLLUM LEADS EFFORT TO BLOCK ISRAEL FROM USING U.S. AID TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN HOMES
Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP via Getty Images & Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic — but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago. SINCE 2015, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., has been the...
