Many victims do not report hate crimes for fear of further attacks
Do the names Elijah Coverdale, Kathy Finley or Tywanza Sanders sound familiar? Probably not. And yet you are almost certain to know the names of the men who killed them. Elijah Coverdale and Kathy Finley were two of the 168 people killed in the Oklahoma...
PBS online film festival features positive Muslim women and their powerful voices
Since its launch in 2012, the PBS Online Film Festival has featured diverse films member stations, producers and public media partners. Starting July 16, viewers can once again watch, vote, and share their favorites. This year's festival includes...
Forest Home Cemetery’s Green Burial site is a traditional Muslim-style interment
According to the Green Burial Council, green, or natural burial “is a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact that aids in the conservation of natural resources, reduction of carbon emissions, protection of worker health, and the...
Muslim players help French national football team win FIFA 2018
The French national team was named world champion after defeating the Croatian team 4-2 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final in Moscow on Sunday. France won its second World Cup title since it first hosted the 1998 tournament 20 years ago. “We are world...
New homeland law further marginalizes 1.8 million Palestinian citizens of Israel
Israel's parliament on July 19 adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. Israel’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the...
Hesham Sheikh helps a first-generation student attend college
Mentor2.0 is Big Brothers Big Sisters’ technology-enriched one-to-one mentoring program for high school youth that targets low-income and first generation college students. Mentor2.0 maintains the fundamentals of quality mentoring Big Brothers Big Sisters...
What is ICE and why it is so controversial in Wisconsin
As outrage over family separations at the southern US border continues to boil, protesters and even a number of Democratic politicians are increasingly calling for the abolition of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, or ICE. Those calls...
The real Muslim problem in Wisconsin is Islamophobia
There’s a common perception that Muslims pose a threat to the security of the U.S., but the real threat is to them. June 2018 was an especially bad month for the status of Muslims in America. First, we learned that a new study showed that many Americans...
Amanda Ali: A Muslim power building project that strengthen ties across faith and secular communities
“There’s no culture of self-improvement without the culture of self-reflection.” - The Definite Dozen quoted by Mohamed Taleb In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling on President Trump’s Muslim Ban, young Muslim leaders from all over the country met for a four day...
Hummus: A flavorful dish with an ancient history
Hummus is one of the oldest prepared foods in the world. Its ingredients are some of the first to ever be propagated and are so widely available that variations claiming to be the first have been found throughout history ranging anywhere from...
