Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine looks beyond the ceasefire
Photos by Mouna Rashid Hundreds attend a Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine gathering at the Islamic Society of Milwaukee Sunday, Jan. 19, the first day of a ceasefire in Gaza. “Let the ceasefire be the first step towards the end of Israel's...
Facebook disrupts China-based hackers it says spied on Uyghur Muslim dissidents and journalists living outside China, including in the U.S.
Facebook has disrupted what it says is a China-based espionage campaign against Uyghur Muslim journalists, dissidents and activists living overseas, including in the United States, the social media giant announced Wednesday. The firm said it disrupted the...
Children’s author Hena Khan creates “unapologetically Muslim” characters
Henakhan.com & Simonandschuster.com “When writing all these books I really thought about how to create unapologetically Muslim characters,” award-winning author Hena Khan said during a talk Sunday hosted by the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. “None...
Sri Lanka minorities call on UNHRC to stop anti-Muslim policies
Leaders of the minority community in Sri Lanka have called on United Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members to address the discrimination policies faced by minorities in the island nation as the rights body voted on a draft resolution that expresses "serious...
Sisterhood FC: Yasmin Abdullahi talks about the formation of a Muslim women’s football team
Yasmin Abdullahi is the founder of Sisterhood FC, which she believes is the first women's Muslim football club in the UK. Here she tells her story. It would be a dream come true to see a Muslim girl who wears a hijab play for England. Until we see that, it...
Taking a stand against anti-Asian violence
“How do we make a change in this country if people don’t stand up and say, ‘No, this is not right; we don’t accept this’?” said Dr. Louise Cainkar, Marquette University professor of Social and Cultural Sciences, in an interview about how to respond to a...
Samia Suluhu Hassan: Tanzania celebrates first Muslim female president
Tanzania makes history as the country’s new hijab-wearing president takes the reigns and steps out of the shadow of John Magufuli’s Covid-19 denying presidency. Tanzania has sworn its first female Muslim president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, days after she...
The youngest Muslim elected official in the country wants you to know her name
When the Squad — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib of (D-Mich.) — took the United States Congress by storm, political pundits wondered: was this progressive wave of young leaders...
David Muhammad: Treating violence in Milwaukee through public health
In January, following the most deadly year in Milwaukee’s history, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett declared violence to be a public health crisis. Homicides were up more than 100% in 2020, with 193 total killings, along with gun violence (700 shootings),...
Riz Ahmed on Being the First Muslim Nominated for the Best Actor Oscar
For an actor notorious for not sleeping before shooting a new movie, Riz Ahmed sounded remarkably laid-back recounting how he’d learned Monday about his best-actor Oscar nomination for “Sound of Metal.” He was in bed. From which, before dawn in Northern...
