Earth Day Spotlight: Environmental justice champion Shahzad Hussain
Photos courtesy of Faith in PlaceMuhammad Shahzad Hussain, Faith in Place’s multifaith outreach coordinator, supports diverse faith groups' work in stewardship of the earth and environmental justice.“You might see him at a synagogue; you might see him at a...
In Philadelphia, a Muslim hub, presidential election feels to many like no choice at all
People attend the Philly Halal Food Festival on Sept. 21, 2024, in Phoenixville, Pa. (Photo by Rhonda Roumani)PHILADELPHIA (RNS) — Reuben Harley, more commonly known as Big Rube, owner of Chef Big Rube’s Kitchen in northwest Philadelphia, was tending to...
Khan Aseya restaurant welcomes neighborhood into ‘Mom’s Kitchen’ for Burmese cuisine
Photo by Cherrie Hanson The name "Mom's Kitchen" honors the family's matriarch and the welcoming energy of a family owned restaurant. Aseya Rashid (center) with her friend Nacimah Be (left) and grandson, Mohamed Khizir. Established in the heart of...
The Choice this Election is between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
The choice in the elections is between corporate and oligarchic power. Corporate power needs stability and a technocratic government. Oligarchic power thrives on chaos and, as Steve Bannon says, the “deconstruction of the administrative state.” Neither are...
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...
