Franklin Public Library and MWC host Ramadan kick-off
Photos by Sandra WhiteheadJenny Wegener, Islamic Resource Center librarian (left) and Keri Whitmore, assistant director of Franklin Public Library (right), smile at their first collaborative event, an Eid celebration in 2025.A full house of families from...
‘Muslim Women Are Everything’ Turns the Page on Stereotypes
Francesca Donner |The New York Times ©Fahmida Azim Dr. Seema Yasmin’s book, born from her frustration with narrow, one-sided narratives about Muslim women, breaks apart tired old tropes “I have wanted to write this book since I was 14,...
Marquette University’s Islamic Immersion Trip shows students “the reality of Islam.”
When Marquette University professor Dr. Louise Cainkar decided to provide students with an Islamic immersion trip, Islamophobia was spiking in the United States. “If you recall, in 2016, anti-Muslim hate groups were rising. Elected officials and candidates...
Nasra Wehelie recommended to represent Madison City Council District 7
Abigail Becker | The Capital Times Selected out of nearly a dozen candidates, the City Council’s executive committee recommended Nasra Wehelie to represent Madison’s District 7 on the southwest side. Pending confirmation by the City...
Pompeo’s West Bank trip would be unthinkable for any other US Secretary of State. But not him
CNN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Psagot on Thursday marked the first time a top American diplomat has visited a settlement in the West Bank, considered illegal under international law. For any other Secretary of State, this move...
While Coronavirus Cases Surge, Milwaukee Area Hospitals Are Holding Steady, Muslim Doctors Report
NBC News The grim statistics continue to pile up. The Trump administration’s lackluster and sporadic response to the coronavirus crisis has resulted in a third wave of Covid-19 cases in the U.S. As of last Sunday, 11 million people had tested...
Moving past inshallah: What Muslims want to see in a Biden presidency
Omar Suleiman to Religion News Service (RNS) — For the last 20 years, American Muslims have been on a cruel roller coaster ride with presidential candidates and the two major political parties in general. In the 2000 presidential...
Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (2006 DVD)
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. Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan (2006 DVD) ISBN: 0788611933 At...
Muslim Husband-Wife Team Behind Covid Vaccine
Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Özlem Türeci The New York Times Ekonomist & Biontech Two years ago, Dr. Ugur Sahin took the stage at a conference in Berlin and made a bold prediction. Speaking to a roomful of infectious disease experts, he said his...
Israel razes village, leaves 41 children homeless
A Palestinian woman inspects the ruins of her community after it was demolished by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank area of Khirbet Humsa on 3 November. Shadi Jarar’ahAPA images THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA While all eyes were on the United...
