A Look At The First Ever Islamic Art Week: A Groundbreaking Celebration of Creativity
The first ever Islamic Art Week has taken place between November 16th and the 22nd – setting an incredible precedent for future celebrations of Islamic art and creativity. Providing free tickets so that there was essentially no barrier of entry, having...
Elmbrook Parent Includes Attack on Muslim School Board Member in her Anti-Mask Rant
The wild conspiracy theories and divisiveness of the Trump era were on display at the Elmbrook School District board meeting last Tuesday night. The board met to decide when and how students would return to in-person learning at Elmbrook schools. During the “citizen’s...
MADISON MUSLIM WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR STATE LEGISLATURE SEAT
Originally Published by Abigail Becker | The Capital Times Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh won a four-way primary election Tuesday against a City Council colleague and two political newcomers in a race vying to represent Madison’s north and east sides in the...
IRC Book Review: Towards Sacred Activism
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. Towards Sacred Activism Towards Sacred Activism: A Religious Guide for...
UW-Madison Historian Sheds Light on Ibrahim/Abraham – One Father of Three Great Religions
In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram – Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and his Covenant, Abraham would become the patriarch of three of the world's major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Connected by their...
Lebanon president accepts gov’t resignation after Beirut blast
Aljazeera Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters Lebanon's government has stepped down as Prime Minister Hassan Diab blamed endemic corruption for a devastating explosion last week that tore through the capital. President Michel Aoun accepted Diab's resignation...
Children’s book on the hijab puts Muslim girls in spotlight
Nora G. Hertel for St. Cloud Times Dave Schwarz / AP Children want to see characters who look like them, said Hudda Ibrahim. Last year, her niece Fatima asked why books don’t have characters like her. “I said, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll fix it,’” Ibrahim said. In...
What Lebanon needs to recover from the explosion
By Alex Ward, VOX Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images As Lebanon recovers from a deadly explosion in its capital city, Beirut, much of the country has a serious request for the world: Please, whatever you do, don’t give aid money to our government. The reason is...
In the latest sign of Covid-19-related racism, Muslims are being blamed for England’s coronavirus outbreaks
By Zamira Rahim, CNN London (CNN)Coronavirus conspiracy theorists have spread baseless rumors online -- frequently targeting minorities -- since the beginning of the pandemic. In England the latest wave of vitriol criticizes Muslims, blaming them for...
Wisconsin’s Lebanese seek news of loved ones and mourn the Beirut that was.
Photo © Anwar Amro/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Following a massive explosion in Lebanon’s capital on Aug. 4, Wisconsin’s Lebanese Americans rushed to find news about family and friends. Two days after a huge chemical explosion in Beirut, rescue...
