How Ottoman culinary traditions continue to shape Ramadan meals across South Asia
As the call to prayer softens the edges of dusk, kitchens across South Asia begin their quiet transformation. Dough rises beneath muslin cloths, milk simmers into silk, and dates are deseeded, split open with care. Hundreds of miles away, in the shadow of...
Muslim-Christian dialogue deepens understanding of shared religious figures
Many faiths share much in common, teaching “compassion, love, humility, service to the poor and needy” and “sincere reverence to God and a higher power,” Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee Executive Director Pardeep Kaleka told an online audience Thursday....
Sci-fi script and a cage-shaped mosque: Islamic art gets subversive
Hopes and fears, flickering through memory … a detail of Hadeyeh Badri's artwork. Photograph: Peter Kelleher/Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonWords have had outsize importance in Muslim culture since the beginning. The Qur’an, which literally means “recitation”, was...
GOP Senators Repeatedly Boycott Vote For Muslim Nominee
Dilawar Syed has received strong support from a number of faith and civil rights organizations, which have hit back on the GOP charges that he’s anti-Israel. ERIC RISBERG/ASSOCIATED PRESSOn July 13, the Senate Small Business Committee was unable to vote on the...
New Netflix series ‘Grendel’ first to use Muslim Arab man as lead in a comic book adaptation
Abubakr Ali is set to play a vigilante hero in the Netflix series 'Grendel.'(CNN)Abubakr Ali was 10 years old when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001.The terrorist attacks took place a year after Ali moved...
Wisconsin Muslim Americans Promoting New Narrative Since 911
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Twenty years ago, as Muslim Americans joined others mourning the victims of the 9/11 attacks, they also faced the increased threat of Islamophobia. The sentiment ranged from personal attacks on Muslims, and anyone who could be mistaken as...
Witnessing a Miracle: Masjid Al Qur’an’s Honey Harvest
Masjid Al Qur’an imam and religious director Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq displays a honeycomb from the mosque’s second harvest. Mouna Photography Dozens of people gathered Sunday behind Masjid Al Qur’an, 11723 W Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, to witness its second harvest of...
Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance’s new executive director aims to advance Muslim rights
Attorney Wassim Malas is the new executive director of the Wisconsin Muslim Civil Alliance. The Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance recently hired attorney Wassim Malas, 36, of Menomonee Falls as its first full-time executive director. He started Sept. 1. Malas was...
Muslim man spent 15 years in prison after post-9/11 crackdown
Aref recites the Quran at his mosque in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq [Dana Taib Menmy/Al Jazeera]Chamchamal, Kurdish region of northern Iraq – For Yassin M Aref, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is a sad reminder of 15 lost years spent in American...
US Reps. Gwen Moore, Ilhan Omar call for investigation into Fort McCoy conditions
Government officials hold a town hall Monday to understand the concerns of Afghan evacuees at Fort McCoy. SPC. ERIC CERAMI, U.S. ARMY. U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore and Ilhan Omar are calling on the secretary of defense to investigate “possible mistreatment and/or neglect”...
