Observing Laylat al-Qadr, Ramadan’s holiest night
Photo by Yaseen Najeeb Islamic Society of Milwaukee Religious Chair Waleed Najeeb, M.D., leads the planning of the ISM-Main's observance of Laylat al-Qadr, a dusk-to-dawn prayer and worship program. Longtime Milwaukee Muslim community member Sameer Ewis,...
Sisterhood FC: Yasmin Abdullahi talks about the formation of a Muslim women’s football team
Yasmin Abdullahi is the founder of Sisterhood FC, which she believes is the first women's Muslim football club in the UK. Here she tells her story. It would be a dream come true to see a Muslim girl who wears a hijab play for England. Until we see that, it...
Taking a stand against anti-Asian violence
“How do we make a change in this country if people don’t stand up and say, ‘No, this is not right; we don’t accept this’?” said Dr. Louise Cainkar, Marquette University professor of Social and Cultural Sciences, in an interview about how to respond to a...
Samia Suluhu Hassan: Tanzania celebrates first Muslim female president
Tanzania makes history as the country’s new hijab-wearing president takes the reigns and steps out of the shadow of John Magufuli’s Covid-19 denying presidency. Tanzania has sworn its first female Muslim president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, days after she...
The youngest Muslim elected official in the country wants you to know her name
When the Squad — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), and Rashida Tlaib of (D-Mich.) — took the United States Congress by storm, political pundits wondered: was this progressive wave of young leaders...
David Muhammad: Treating violence in Milwaukee through public health
In January, following the most deadly year in Milwaukee’s history, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett declared violence to be a public health crisis. Homicides were up more than 100% in 2020, with 193 total killings, along with gun violence (700 shootings),...
Riz Ahmed on Being the First Muslim Nominated for the Best Actor Oscar
For an actor notorious for not sleeping before shooting a new movie, Riz Ahmed sounded remarkably laid-back recounting how he’d learned Monday about his best-actor Oscar nomination for “Sound of Metal.” He was in bed. From which, before dawn in Northern...
Visa Lottery Winners From Muslim Countries Still Can’t Get Into The U.S.
The Biden administration has unraveled much of Trump’s travel ban. But many past diversity visa winners still have no way to actually enter the country. The Biden administration is allowing thousands of people turned away by former President Donald Trump’s...
Muslim-owned restaurants decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic now set sights on an economic recovery
It’s a crisp, sunny Saturday in early March, and customers are lined up outside the Milwaukee Public Market, masked and waiting for their turns to patronize one of its many restaurants and retail shops. It’s a welcome sight for Azmi Alaeddin, whose...
DHS Secretary Statement on the 2019 Public Charge Rule
Today, DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced that the government will no longer defend the 2019 public charge rule as doing so is neither in the public interest nor an efficient use of limited government resources. “The 2019 public charge rule was...
