‘Set us free’: Ben & Jerry’s enlists support of fans to separate from parent company
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield want to reacquire the ice cream brand they founded in 1978, with the caveat they would retain autonomy over their social mission (AFP)Ben & Jerry’s has started a public campaign to try to separate from its parent company...
Gordo Burger’s recipe for success
Not one to do things the easy way, Milwaukee restauranteur Marwan Otallah opened Gordo Burger, 2301 S. Howell St., Bay View on New Year’s Day, 10 days before the COVID-19 pandemic’s peak. He chose a location in Bay View, just south of downtown Milwaukee, along the...
Allen-based Muslim community goes from ‘shock’ to open dialogue after apparent murder-suicide
Dr. Rania Awaad stands for a portrait at her home in Union City, Calif., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Awaad and some other Muslim mental health professionals in the United States, along with some faith leaders and activists, are working to raise awareness about mental...
‘I want to take this global’: the success of the Muslim Golf Association
The Muslim Golf Association (MGA) was founded in 2020 by Amir Malik. When Amir Malik fell in love with golf a few years ago, he soon realised that as a practising Muslim he didn’t quite fit in with the memberships of most clubs. “With a game taking three to four...
Teaching our children Arabic – new insights from research
Children learn Arabic at the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalitions’ Children’s Reading Program. WMJ Teaching our children formal Arabic in America’s heartland feels as challenging as training for the Olympics, especially if we don’t know it that well...
On the question of ‘moral equivalence’
Aaron P Bernstein/Reuters Is the violence of the US and Israel really more legitimate and morally acceptable than that of terrorist entities? Earlier this month, Representative Ilhan Omar, one of only three Muslim members of the US House and member of the progressive...
CAIR calls on Hilton hotels to drop Xinjiang project
Michael Martina/Reuters The Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging Hilton hotels to drop plans to build a hotel on a site where a mosque once stood. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a...
Fighting voter suppression and gerrymandering in Wisconsin
Rep. Samba Baldeh (D-Madison) is the first Muslim serving in the Wisconsin State Legislature. Office of Rep. Samba Baldeh A battle over voting rights is blazing across the country and nowhere is it hotter than Wisconsin, where Republicans in the Assembly...
Demolitions begin in occupied East Jerusalem’s Silwan
Violence erupted after the demolition of a Palestinian business by Israeli forces began in the al-Bustan area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday. Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers entered the Palestinian neighbourhood and...
India’s Hindu calligrapher whose art adorns more than 200 mosques
Anil Kumar Chowhan In a career spanning 30 years, Anil Kumar Chowhan has written Quranic verses on the walls of more than 200 mosques across India. New Delhi, India – Self-taught calligraphy artist Anil Kumar Chowhan has written Quranic verses in Arabic on the walls...
