East Side’s New Destination: Where Life Begins With Haraz Coffee
Photos by Cherrie HansonA dream come true for Mahdi Hassan to open his own coffee shop, inspired by the joyful environment it cultivates.In recent years, several Yemeni coffee shops, primarily based in Dearborn, Michigan, have regionally expanded...
Mass Incarceration in the World’s Greatest Democracy
The United States locks up more of its people than any other country in the world. The rate of incarceration, as a percentageof the population, is higher in the United States than in Russia, North Korea, or China. Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim...
Madina Institute Offers Milwaukeeans Opportunity for In-depth Islamic Studies
A group of about thirty students sits at long tables in a sectioned-off area of the basement at Masjid Al-Qur’an on Brown Deer Road. A man in a green kufi reads a text into a microphone. Sitting in front of the room in a striped thob is Shaykh Muhammad...
Oshkosh West student leads others to shelter in mosque after stabbing, shooting
Monique Lopez as "Oshkosh West student leads others to shelter to shelter in mosque after stabbing shooting" for Fox 11 News In a Dec. 4, 2019, interview, Duaa Ahmad describes leading fellow Oshkosh West High School students to safety inside Ahmadiyya...
U.S. House Approves Uighur Bill Demanding Sanctions On Senior Chinese Officials
HuffPost as "U.S. House Approves Uigher Bill Demanding Sanctions on Senior Chinese Officials" for HuffPost The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 3, debated a bill that would require the Trump administration to toughen its response to...
Somali Pop-Up Dinner By Refugee Chefs Lights Up Lindsey Heights
A small group of ladies stands by the bar in the middle of a roomful of hungry people. A Somali lady wearing a white dress with black polka dots is saying, “I make chicken and goat meat.” But Sumeya Osman is simply translating for the woman standing next...
IRC Book Review: Arabic Stories For Language Learners
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. Arabic Stories For Language Learners: Traditional Middle...
Film follows ‘honest struggle’ of formerly incarcerated Muslims reentering society
Aysha Khan as "Film follows 'honest struggle' of formerly incarcerated Muslims reentering society" for Religion News Service Green ReEntry housemates pray together in the film 'The Honest Struggle.' Photo courtesy of 'The Honest Struggle' Darrell Davis was...
Omar Reda, M.D. Addresses Refugee Trauma in Series of Milwaukee Workshops
In North American media, Muslims are primarily visible as deliverers of trauma through acts of terrorism. But many of the 70 million refugees worldwide who have flooded camps in Turkey, Jordan, and Bangladesh fleeing violence in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and...
The man behind China’s detention of 1 million Muslims
The Associated Press as "The man behind China's detention of 1 million Muslims" for The Associated Press The Associated Press After bloody race riots rocked China’s far west a decade ago, the ruling Communist Party turned to a rare figure in their ranks to...
