Teaching Our Children About Honesty Through the Prophetic Model
One of the first lessons children learn about the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, is that he was nicknamed “Al-Amin,” the truthful and trustworthy one, even from a young age. This early recognition of his honesty is profound when we...
Milwaukee Muslims intervene to stop redistricting and maintain Muslim voting power.
Milwaukee's Common Council approved the map (left) in November in decennial redistricting after the 2020 census. Following its veto by Mayor Tom Barrett, several Hispanic organizations proposed new maps to expand LatinX influence (map on right by Forward...
How Mo Salah Became the New King of Football
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool is wearing a nervous smile and a gold ceremonial chain the size of a saucer, the kind worn to greet royalty or a foreign dignitary—which feels appropriate, because it's not every day you get a visit from the Egyptian king. It's a cloudless...
US to give additional $308m in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Hundreds of Afghan men gathered to apply for humanitarian aid in Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan, in December as country faces deepening crisis [File: Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo] The United States will donate an extra $308m in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the White House...
Afghan families receive familiar foods from Hunger Task Force
Hunger Task Force joined with Hanan Relief Group and Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition to provide culturally appropriate food to relocated Afghans.When Afghans arrived in Milwaukee in October and November, the first question on their minds was how to feed...
Movie About Muslim Genocide Shown in Serbia for First Time
A woman prays at the memorial cemetery in Potocari, after the first public showing of Bosnian filmmaker Jasmila Zbanic's film on the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic) A movie about a mass killing in Bosnia was shown for the first time publicly in...
American Muslim Bar Association Introduces Valuable Opportunities For Attorneys While Promoting and Protecting Muslim Legal Rights
The American Muslim Bar Association (AMBA), which was founded over a year ago, is offering multiple programs for attorneys, law students and the American Muslim community at large to get engaged with the legal system in the U.S.Salmah Rizvi, AMBA’s Founding President,...
Wisconsin Muslims urged to take action on anti-Islamophobia bill
The United States House of Representatives passed the Combating International Islamophobia Act in mid-December. Now it is time to push for its passage in the Senate, says Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance executive director Wassim Malas.Sponsored by Rep....
Muslims face a suicide crisis in America. The taboo of talking about it must end
Several recent tragedies were the catalyst for Maristan to launch its 500 imam Campaign with a goal to train at least 500 Muslim leaders across the country in 2022 in suicide prevention, intervention and post intervention. Maristan's five-year goal is to train...
The Muslim hiker inspiring his community to hit the hills
The Muslim Hiking group on their Christmas day walk of Mam Tor in Derbyshire Photograph: PRThe Muslim Hiking group received racist comments when they posted pictures of their Christmas day walk in the Peak District. And that makes their leader Haroon Mota even more...
