Al-Ansar Super Market always has something new, something for everyone
Photos by Cherrie Hanson From left to right, Max Zubair Ahmad, Rasul Bi Ahmad and daughter Ma May Cho, owners of Al Ansar Super Market, care about the products they sell and the community they serve. (Not shown; son Hafeez Ameen) Right in the heart of...
Pompeo’s West Bank trip would be unthinkable for any other US Secretary of State. But not him
CNN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Psagot on Thursday marked the first time a top American diplomat has visited a settlement in the West Bank, considered illegal under international law. For any other Secretary of State, this move...
While Coronavirus Cases Surge, Milwaukee Area Hospitals Are Holding Steady, Muslim Doctors Report
NBC News The grim statistics continue to pile up. The Trump administration’s lackluster and sporadic response to the coronavirus crisis has resulted in a third wave of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. As of last Sunday, 11 million people had tested...
Moving past inshallah: What Muslims want to see in a Biden presidency
Omar Suleiman to Religion News Service (RNS) — For the last 20 years, American Muslims have been on a cruel roller coaster ride with presidential candidates and the two major political parties in general. In the 2000 presidential...
Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (2006 DVD)
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (2006 DVD) ISBN: 0788611933 At...
Muslim Husband-Wife Team Behind Covid Vaccine
Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Özlem Türeci The New York Times Ekonomist & Biontech Two years ago, Dr. Ugur Sahin took the stage at a conference in Berlin and made a bold prediction. Speaking to a roomful of infectious disease experts, he said his...
Israel razes village, leaves 41 children homeless
A Palestinian woman inspects the ruins of her community after it was demolished by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank area of Khirbet Humsa on 3 November. Shadi Jarar’ahAPA images THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA While all eyes were on the United...
Going public: Marathon Runner Orusa Mozaffar Hassan
Orusa Mozaffar Hassan Orusa Mozaffar Hassan When Brookfield pharmacist Orusa Mozaffar Hassan left her home alone in the early morning of Oct. 19, almost no one knew where she was going. She was just four days out of a two-week quarantine after one of her...
Islam and the European and American Enlightenment
As a historic election season in the U.S. winds down to its legal and mostly peaceful conclusion, the tense situation developing in France has perhaps been overlooked by many in this country. Because of two incidents which have been defined as terrorism,...
Against the Deportation Terror
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Against the Deportation Terror: Organizing for Immigrant...
