Stories of Strength: Women’s History Month featured at the Islamic Resource Center library
March is Women's History Month. The 2026 theme, selected and published by the National Women’s History Alliance is Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued the first proclamation designating the week of...
Khabib: An unabashedly Muslim champion in an Islamophobic world
Tallha Abdulrazaq To TRTWORLD CBS Sports Khabib Nurmagomedov is one of the great champions whose glory all Muslims enjoy sharing. Every generation has its sporting heroes, some of whom transcend the sports they are famous for and use their platform to do...
Baldeh will be First Muslim in Wisconsin Assembly
Samba for State Assembly Samba Baldeh, aka “Batch” Samba, is a Madison Common Council member running for Wisconsin State Assembly from the 48th district. If the November 3 results play out for him as expected, Baldeh will be the first Muslim to hold...
Muslim groups urge Macron end ‘divisive rhetoric, reject hatred’
Aljazeera Financial Times European Muslim organisations say French leader’s approach is fuelling tensions and ‘encouraging racists, extremists’. More than 20 European Muslim organisations have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to end his “divisive...
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Why Wisconsin’s Muslims should vote – the real reason
If you are Muslim, you should vote but maybe not for the reasons you think, said University of Wisconsin Law School Professor Asifa Quraishi. Dr. Quraishi, a 2009 Carnegie Scholar and 2012 Guggenheim Fellow who specializes in comparative Islamic and U.S....
Muslims in the U.S. are more politically engaged than ever, study finds.
Sakshi Venkatraman to NBC News Julie Jacobson / AP file The number of Muslim Americans who are registered to vote has shot up since 2016. Muslim Americans are more politically engaged and registered to vote in 2020 than ever before, a report...
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People by Jack G Shaheen (2001, 2009)
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. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People by Jack G...
Mishap Creates Sense of Adventure on Drive-in Movie Night
Yaseen Najeeb for the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance Gabriella Suliga, voter outreach coordinator for the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, knew holding a drive-in movie night on October 19th meant gambling on the autumn weather. But advance RSVPs for the...
Israeli museum postpones sale of Islamic antiquities amid outrage
ALJAZEERA Yonathan Weitzman/Reuters A museum in Israel has postponed its planned auction of dozens of rare Islamic antiquities, including centuries-old carpets, armaments and ceramics from across the Middle East after word of the sale sparked...
