Raja Bazaar: A Pakistani, Indian, Arab grocery filled with life lessons
Photos courtesy of Haq NawazHaq Nawaz, 45, opened his Brookfield grocery store Raja Bazaar in 2018. After building this successful business, he is now negotiating to buy a store and a restaurant in Milwaukee.Raja Bazaar, with its zabiha, halal meat shop,...
Art is a Form of Protest Along Milwaukee’s Holton Avenue
Joe Brusky via Facebook On a sunny Saturday in June, the mural on the south side of the building at the corner Holton and Locust in Milwaukee seems to glow. The late Breonna Taylor’s pretty face is surrounded by pink roses. Underneath her name are words...
Gareth Bryant On Being A Black Muslim Man In America
Zainab Iqbal for Bklyner Gareth Bryant Gareth Bryant has been on Earth for 38 years thus far. In these 38 years, he has experienced a lot. He’s dealt with racism and xenophobia. He lost himself and then found himself. He discovered faith. And he never let...
How Trump is using coronavirus to push his white nationalist election agenda
Sahar Aziz for Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project Getty Trump’s latest immigrant ban has little to do with a collapsing labour market during a global pandemic, and everything to do with election year politics. Rather than focus on improving...
Making Change Happen: Activists Speak Out
Last Friday evening, Ma’ruf Milwaukee held the second panel discussion of its series Silence is Violence/Black Lives Matter, inspired by the killing of George Floyd in police custody and the weeks of protests that followed in Milwaukee and around the...
IRC Book Review: Suqar
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. Suqar Suqar by Greg & Lucy Malouf (2018) ISBN:...
How Muslims Are Mourning Without Proper Death Care Rituals
Iman Mohamed for Yes Magazine Yes Magazine In April, my family received news that my mother’s friend passed away from COVID-19. We were overcome with grief—especially because we were still grieving another recent death. Our last memory of her is watching...
Ma’ruf Sponsors Conversations on Racism: Community Leaders Speak Out
Silence is Violence: Black Lives Matter. Personal testimonies of African American community members and diverse perspectives from community leaders on racism in our community and beyond. Part 1 of a 2-Part Series This time is different. George Floyd’s...
5 Great Muslim Characters in Books for Young Readers
Adiba Jaigirdar for Book Riot ADAM AND ZAYNEB FROM LOVE FROM A TO Z BY S. K. ALI Love From A To Z is about a lot of things, but at its core it’s a love story between two wonderful Muslim characters, Adam and Zayneb. From beginning to end, we...
Muslim voters are getting organized for the 2020 election
Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil for Christian Century adamkaz/ E+/Getty and Rawpixel/iStock This November, Jad Salamey will vote in a presidential election for the first time—and he’s hoping to bring his entire community with him. The 20-year-old student at Wayne...
