Eid al-Fitr: An Introspective Celebration
We are bidding al-widā/farewell to the blessed month of Ramadān, the month of the Qur'ān, the month of siyām/fasting, the month of qiyām/night prayers, the month of ghufrān/forgiveness, the month of ihsān/goodness and the month of karam/generosity. We bid...
It was only their machines: on Yahya Sinwar’s last stand
Yahya Sinwar at a rally in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2021. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/APA Images)When the Israeli soldiers believed they had found Yahya Sinwar’s body lying before them, they rushed to release the photos. Here, at last, was...
Green champion Huda Alkaff to speak at Muslim Women’s Coalition’s Networking Brunch
Photos courtesy of Wisconsin Green MuslimsWisconsin Green Muslims founder Huda Alkaff will speak about the connections between faith and environmental stewardship at the Muslim Women's Coalition's Oct. 25 networking brunch at the Islamic Resource Center in...
Honoring Excellence: The 2024 Nobel Prize Laureates and Their Transformative Contributions to Humanity
The Nobel Prize, established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, continues to be one of the most prestigious accolades in the world, recognizing outstanding achievements across six categories: Peace, Literature, Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine,...
I resigned from Canada’s largest broadcasting corporation over its complicity in Israel’s genocide
CBC headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo: Adam Moss/Wikimedia) Words can empower, arm, and evoke sentiments that stimulate new ideas, worldviews, and policies. Being the only Muslim in the newsroom, I feared the language the Canadian Broadcasting...
Two Milwaukee Jewish organizations observed High Holy Days by calling to end genocide in Gaza
Photo by Cherrie Hanson Jewish Voice for Peace-Milwaukee and Chavurat Tziporah held an interfaith tashlich Oct. 6 on the shore of Lake Michigan recently to symbolically cast off the sin of not doing more to prevent Israel's genocide of Palestinians and to...
PATRICK LAWRENCE: De-Westernizing Ourselves
Bust of Herodotus. (Bradley Weber, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) The barbarities of Zionist Israel force fundamental questions upon us: Where is our humanity as the Israelis prosecute their terror campaigns before us daily? What shall we do as we find ourselves...
UK Faces Backlash for Barring Nelson Mandela’s Grandson from Crucial Pro-Palestinian Speaking Tour
Mandla Mandela was expected to emphasize shared struggles between South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement and Palestinian resistance, drawing powerful parallels between the two fights for justice and freedom. Nelson Mandela’s grandson, Chief Mandla Mandela,...
Hundreds gather in Milwaukee at Interfaith Vigil for victims of Israeli onslaught
Participants at Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine's vigil Tuesday placed flowers in water for victims of Israeli military bombing in Gaza and Lebanon. Hundreds of somber participants filed into the Islamic Society of Milwaukee Community Center...
Is US really prioritising Israel and allies over its own flood victims?
A resident on Magnolia Avenue cradles his dog as he surveys the flooding damage after Hurricane Milton passed in South Daytona, Florida, on October 11, 2024. Photo: ReutersRelief agencies in the US are running out of money as Congress drags its feet...
