Local peace activist focuses on healing and prevention
Shawn Muhammad, director of Asha’s Ujima Men’s Program shows his "Male Advocate of the Year” award presented to him at the Office of Community Wellness and Safety’s Love Without Violence Conference. Milwaukee anti-violence advocate and peace activist...
Racial reckoning is shifting US public opinion on Palestine
Not since the 1960s has the United States been as racially charged as it is today. The rise of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is forcing Americans to confront centuries of systemic state abuse of African Americans. As a result, younger Americans no longer...
Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’
Jim Watson / AFP via Getty Images As the UN describes Gaza as “hell on Earth,” Sanders seeks to prohibit the transfer of $735 million in new US bombs and munitions to Israel. When the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates debated foreign policy in the fall of 2019,...
Yasmeen Atta: Compelled to take a stand on Palestine
American Muslims for Palestine organized a rally last week in downtown Milwaukee that drew hundreds to show support for Palestinians. Joe Brusky “Feeling joyous on the Eid was not easy,” said Yasmeen Atta, 22, of Franklin, about the celebration Thursday at the end of...
TAX-EXEMPT U.S. NONPROFITS FUEL ISRAELI SETTLER PUSH TO EVICT PALESTINIANS
Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images & Sky News U.S. charities are funding Israeli settler organizations working to evict Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes. ON MAY 6, right-wing Israeli officials descended on Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood in occupied...
Jerusalem Unrest Exposes the Brittleness of Israeli Sovereignty over Palestinians
Reuters While Israeli leaders may think their subjugation of Palestinians is sustainable, the unrest in Jerusalem and its escalation beyond the city limits shows it is not. In December 2017, Donald Trump lent American recognition to Israel’s claims of exclusive...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 1 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Thursday, May 13 marked the end of Ramadan and the Eid ul Fitr Holiday. The Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition hosted a Eid Festival with sponsorship from Mosques and Muslim organizations across the Greater...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 2 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Magicians, jugglers, cotton candy, rides, ponies and everything else that makes Eid memorable was present at the Eid Festival hosted by the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition on Thursday, May...
Festival of Breaking the Fast 3 of 3
Lее Mаtz for the Wiscosin Muslim Journal Thousands turned out for the Eid ul Fitr Festival on Thursday, May 13th, as Muslims marked the end of Ramadan.
Fasting and finals: How Ramadan is fueling a cultural shift in Wisconsin universities
Members of Alpha Lambda Rho, the University of Wisconsin - Madison’s first student organization for Muslim women WMJ for UW-Madison and Alverno This article is the second in a two-part series examining how religious observance policies and practices at universities in...
