WMCF’s inaugural gala celebrates community, connection and civic engagement
Photos by Cherrie Hanson U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) delivered the keynote speech at the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Foundation Gala Oct. 5. Born and raised in Detroit to Palestinian immigrants, she is known for her progressive leadership on...
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...
Wisconsin’s first hijab-wearing on-air news reporter joins TMJ4
Ubah Ali, 25, Wisconsin’s first and America’s third reporter to wear the hijab on the air, joined TMJ4 as a reporter and multimedia journalist in March. In her first televised broadcast for TMJ4, she reported April 5 on Wisconsin’s COVID vaccinations from a pop-up...
REP. BETTY MCCOLLUM LEADS EFFORT TO BLOCK ISRAEL FROM USING U.S. AID TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN HOMES
Olivier Laban-Mattei/AFP via Getty Images & Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic — but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago. SINCE 2015, Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., has been the...
Biden’s lifting of Trump’s Muslim Ban was only partial
Michelle Frankfurter/ACLU It is imperative that the administration thoroughly dismantle this discriminatory immigration policy. Although President Biden formally rescinded the Muslim Ban on Jan. 20, the day he took office, some of the ban’s discriminatory effects...
Championing the environment with Huda Alkaff and the Wisconsin Green Muslims
Paige Green, Women's Earth Alliance & Wisconsin Green Muslims Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, converges this year with Earth Month, a time designated to inspire protection and conservation of the natural world as we anticipate Earth Day, globally celebrated on...
Muslim communities to observe Ramadan together after pandemic disruptions
Philip Toscano Mosques are preparing for Ramadan after the holy month had to be observed during last year’s coronavirus restrictions without the usual community prayer gatherings. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, begins with the first sighting of the...
A Muslim advocacy group just sued Facebook for failing to remove hate-speech, and it’s the latest example of the tech’s patchwork polices that fail to crack down on Islamophobia
A Muslim advocacy group this week sued Facebook for failing to curtail hate speech, part of tech's broader problem stopping Islamophobic speech. Civil rights group Muslim Advocates filed a suit against Facebook and four company executives in the District of Columbia...
MILWAUKEE MUSLIM FILM FESTIVAL TO FEATURE FOOTBALL FILM THAT CHANGES HOW AMERICANS VIEW ISLAM
Niles West News, Alan Herzberg & Empire Photography A marketing executive in the greater Chicago area got a call from a friend about a high school football team in Dearborn, Michigan, that had won a spot in the state semi-final football championship. “The amazing...
