Milwaukee activists encourage community to be informed on constitutional protections
There are several trainings around the Milwaukee area on immigrant and voting rights, driver’s licenses, and more—plus citizenship classes, legal aid and DACA resources. President Trump has authorized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry...
Muslim Doctors Fight COVID-19 And Islamophobia On The Front Lines
Rowaida Abdelaziz for Huffpost Hilary Swift for Huffpost Syed Raheel Hassan, a doctor in New Jersey, sees nearly twice the number of patients he did before the coronavirus pandemic hit the state. Hassan’s days are packed as he moves from room to room at...
Oral history project preserves stories of black Muslim seniors amid pandemic
Aysha Khan for RNS RNS/Pixabay As the coronavirus outbreak takes a disproportionately deadly toll on seniors and African Americans, a new oral history initiative aims to train black Muslim youth to document their elderly community members’ stories....
2020 Census Again Fails to Include Middle Eastern and North African Descent
By now, the 2020 census should have been a done deal. The decennial (every ten years) accounting of every person living in the United States, citizen or non-citizen, was supposed to be completed by the end of April. Heads of households were encouraged to...
7 OF THE BEST AUDIOBOOKS BY MUSLIM WOMEN WRITERS
Kendra Winchester for Book Riot Book Riot A PLACE FOR US BY FATIMA FARHEEN MIRZA, NARRATED BY DEEPTI GUPTA, SUNIL MALHOTRA A Place for Us is, perhaps, most well-known for being the first book published under Sarah Jessica Parker’s imprint, but...
Why Ramadan could be critical for our global economic recovery
Azim Kidwai for abc.net There is consensus that the global economy is facing a recession, if not a depression, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many parts of the world may be protected from the worst of this by the billions in increased consumer...
Local Rohingya Refugees Struggle During Coronavirus Ramadan
The roughly 800 Rohingya families currently living in Wisconsin have lives that other Burmese refugees can only dream about. More than 850,000 Rohingya are crowded together in the world’s largest refugee camp, located in the Cox’s Bazar region of...
Wisconsin Muslims see Ramadan as a time for family bonding, reflection
Nusaiba Mizan for Green Bay Press-Gazette Ramadan, a holy month in Islam, typically elevates Islam's emphasis on community. The month, devoted to self-restraint, worshiping Allah, and fasting from dawn until dusk, began Thursday evening amidst a...
Ramadan lights challenge: Muslim community of Michigan brings back holiday spirit
Alaa Elassar for CNN CNN For Muslims around the world, the holy month of Ramadan looks a little different this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Gone are the community gatherings for evening prayers, and nightly feasts to break fasts with friends...
The Real Meaning of Ramadan While Sheltering-at-Home
Manasrah family, Fond du Lac, WI Ramadan 2020 began at sunset on Thursday, April 23 and ends on the evening of Saturday, May 23. This late-spring Ramadan began with approximately fifteen hours of daylight and that means fifteen hours of fasting between...
