Genocide is not a Jewish value! says Jewish Voice for Peace – Milwaukee
Photos by Kamal Moon“Free the hostages,” a woman told protesters in front of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation Tuesday. “We agreed with her,” said Bryan Atinsky (center left) of Milwaukee. “We were saying a permanent ceasefire is the way to get them...
Doctor Wipes Away $650,000 in Debt From 200 Cancer Patients’ Bills
Dr. Omar Atiq WBAL-TV Dr. Omar Atiq, an oncologist based in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was always uncomfortable with the idea of exorbitant medical bills, particularly those that cancer patients have to foot. Thanks to him, 200 cancer patients were able to...
Wisconsin’s Muslim community reacts to storming of U.S. Capitol
Kent Nishimura (Los Angeles Times) In a special message Thursday to members of the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, Executive Director Kristin Hansen wrote that her joy over the election in Georgia of a Black man and a young Jewish man as United States...
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers
Oded Balilty/AP Israel is celebrating an impressive, record-setting vaccination drive, having given initial jabs of coronavirus shots to more than a 10th of the population. But Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza can only watch and...
Meet the first Muslim federal judge in the world’s largest Catholic country
Middle East Monitor. Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and success of so many Lebanese refugees. When his father Mohammed arrived in Brazil in 1950, he could never have known that his son would one day...
PHOTOGRAPHER MOUNA HAJJAR RASHID CREATES PICTURE-PERFECT CAREER
Mouna Hajjar Rashid MOUNA PHOTOGRAPHY Award-winning photographer Mouna Hajjar Rashid of Franklin has built a reputation as a top wedding and portrait photographer. Not only did she received the prestigious Knot Best of Weddings award, an annual recognition of the top...
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would be a “pivotal year for how we address climate change.” Revamped emission goals were expected from 196 countries, but...
Biden vowed to repeal Trump’s Muslim ban. That should be just the start.
Michelle Frankfurter President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to repeal the Trump administration’s cruel Muslim and African bans on his first day in office. That is, indeed, an urgent and necessary move. But the work of healing from the damage caused will not...
If the Nashville bomber were Muslim, he would be called a ‘terrorist’
Dean Obeidallah for MSNBC Mark Humphrey The media sees non-Muslims who commit atrocities as nuanced, complicated characters. Muslims who do the same are simply ‘terrorists.' Imagine if a Muslim man filled his RV with explosives and drove to downtown...
What Jesus means to me as a Muslim
Omar Suleiman for Religion News Service Mary Altaffer As the Christmas season ushers forth the memory of Jesus, it’s worth asking: How much do Muslims think about the person the Quran recognizes as a prophet and the Messiah? “So, what are you doing for...
