Legal Action of Wisconsin attorney urges Muslim women, “Know your rights!”
Photo by Sandra WhiteheadAttorney Caitlin Aladham works for Legal Action of Wisconsin through a two-year fellowship program to represent Muslim survivors of domestic violence in family court and provide them with Know-Your-Rights education. At the halfway...
U.S. Census results are out. What do they mean to Wisconsin’s Muslim community?
Initial results from the 2020 United States Census have just been announced. The data, released yesterday, is a count by the U.S. Census Bureau of everyone who lives in the U.S. and five of its territories, taken every 10 years. News outlets reported yesterday and...
ABUSIVE ISRAELI POLICIES CONSTITUTE CRIMES OF APARTHEID, PERSECUTION, ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinian (Jerusalem) – Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The finding is based on an...
Dane County prosecutor Awais Khaleel tapped to join Wisconsin Ethics Commission
When Dane County Assistant District Attorney Awais Khaleel officially joins the Wisconsin Ethics Commission next week, he's not planning to leave his prosecutorial background at the door. Rather, the 36-year-old Madison resident said in a recent interview he's looking...
UW–Madison meal service offers suhoor for fasting students
University of Wisconsin – Madison freshmen Rafey Choudhry of Brookfield and Hadi Najeeb of Mequon are on their own for Ramadan this year. They both live in residence halls on campus and are experiencing Islam’s holiest month of the year away from home for the first...
What to Do If You Are a Victim of Religious Discrimination In the Workplace
If you suffered workplace religious discrimination because you are Muslim, you may be able to pursue an employment law claim under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. You will need to gather supporting evidence and documentation for your claim, so you can support your...
Muslims start Ramadan under the shadow of the coronavirus
Millions of Muslims around the world fast as they mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began on Tuesday amid restrictions on communal prayers and fasting due to the coronavirus pandemic. Muslims across the world will be...
Entrepreneurial women make connections and follow their passions.
When Faiza Ahmedi in of Greenfield was a recent medical school graduate and a new bride in Hyderabad, India, she shipped some colorful shawls from Kashmir to her new husband in Milwaukee. Business had always intrigued her and she thought the bright, high-quality...
Prophet Muhammad’s female companion built the first Islamic health centre
Rufaida al Aslamiyah devoted all her life to curing the sick and tending the wounded, and she is believed to have founded the first Islamic health centre in Medina. It's been almost a year and a half since the pandemic began. To tackle it, health workers in every...
China is committing ‘crimes against humanity’ with its treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, human rights group says
In the name of a "People's War on Terror," the government of China has waged a campaign of repression against largely Muslim minorities in the province of Xinjiang, arbitrarily detaining as many as 1 million people in a network of prison facilities where torture and...
