Salam School Junior achieves perfect ACT score
Photo by Cherrie HansonFatima Hameed, 17, of Greenfield attributes her success to her parents’ attention to her education from an early age, the mentorship of excellent teachers and the motivating environment of Salam School.Salam School junior Fatima...
One of the most important sites in Muslim-American history still stands in Cedar Rapids
Ikram Basra for Little Village Jav Ducker/Little Village In early July 2020, Turkey’s supreme court issued a verdict to revert the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul into a mosque. The 1,500-year-old structure was built during the Byzantine Empire in the Greek...
IRC Book Review: Hurayrah the Cat
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Hurayrah the Cat Hurayrah the Cat: The Snack Catcher by...
Elmbrook Parent Includes Attack on Muslim School Board Member in her Anti-Mask Rant
The wild conspiracy theories and divisiveness of the Trump era were on display at the Elmbrook School District board meeting last Tuesday night. The board met to decide when and how students would return to in-person learning at Elmbrook schools. During the “citizen’s...
MADISON MUSLIM WINS DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR STATE LEGISLATURE SEAT
Originally Published by Abigail Becker | The Capital Times Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh won a four-way primary election Tuesday against a City Council colleague and two political newcomers in a race vying to represent Madison’s north and east sides in the...
IRC Book Review: Towards Sacred Activism
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Towards Sacred Activism Towards Sacred Activism: A Religious Guide for...
UW-Madison Historian Sheds Light on Ibrahim/Abraham – One Father of Three Great Religions
In the book of Genesis, God bestows a new name upon Abram – Abraham, a father of many nations. With this name and his Covenant, Abraham would become the patriarch of three of the world's major religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Connected by their...
Lebanon president accepts gov’t resignation after Beirut blast
Aljazeera Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters Lebanon's government has stepped down as Prime Minister Hassan Diab blamed endemic corruption for a devastating explosion last week that tore through the capital. President Michel Aoun accepted Diab's resignation...
Children’s book on the hijab puts Muslim girls in spotlight
Nora G. Hertel for St. Cloud Times Dave Schwarz / AP Children want to see characters who look like them, said Hudda Ibrahim. Last year, her niece Fatima asked why books don’t have characters like her. “I said, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll fix it,’” Ibrahim said. In...
What Lebanon needs to recover from the explosion
By Alex Ward, VOX Marwan Tahtah/Getty Images As Lebanon recovers from a deadly explosion in its capital city, Beirut, much of the country has a serious request for the world: Please, whatever you do, don’t give aid money to our government. The reason is...
