Queen Zubaydah’s Legacy Lives On, Saudi Arabia Revives Historic Pilgrimage Route Built by a Muslim Woman Ahead of Her Time
More than 1,200 years ago, a Muslim woman changed the course of history, and today, Saudi Arabia is bringing her vision back to life.As part of its Vision 2030 initiative to preserve Islamic heritage, Saudi Arabia is reviving the legendary Darb Zubaydah,...
IRC Book Review: The Size of a Mustard Seed
Elise Bellin, MLIS is the IRC Librarian and this book review is part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. The Size of a Mustard Seed by Umm Juwayriyah, © 2013 ISBN: 9780976786146...
Fostering an inclusive workforce in Madison remains a complex effort
The state of Wisconsin's efforts to attract and retain a younger workforce — in some cases spending millions of dollars advertising to people in other states — are coinciding with a growing public reckoning in Madison and surrounding Dane County with the...
An Islamic Doors Open: three Muslim Centers attract local visitors
Interest in Muslim culture and first-hand experiences were a big motivation during Doors Open 2018, bringing members from across the community to Milwaukee’s Islamic destinations on September 22 and 23 for tours and a chance to build...
The rise of women’s mosques shows the female face of Islam
In some Mosques around the world, women are relegated to the basement, silenced by the imam and barred from the front door, some Muslim women have had enough of male domination at the mosque and are setting up their own. From Copenhagen to Los Angeles, a...
Legislation group feels fallout from Wisconsin lawmakers over invitation to hate-group leader
He was introduced as “one of America’s heroes.” The man who took the stage in front of hundreds of state legislators at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)’s annual meeting this August was none other than David Horowitz, an influential leader...
Student group at Madison causes uproar over removal of animal gelatin in campus ice cream
"The reasons given for not changing the gelatins, in the name of 'tradition,' exclude Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Vegetarian, and Vegan students from partaking in eating the official, campus wide, traditional ice cream that is often listed as part of...
American group secretly placed misleading Facebook ads targeting Pro-Palestinian Activist
In 2016, as Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi performed at college campuses around the United States, his appearances seemed to spark student protests. Before his visit to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, a page called “John Jay...
One million Uighur Muslims held in Chinese concentration camps
Rwanda. East Timor. Myanmar. The world has a cruel habit of ignoring humanitarian disasters until it's too late. Old habits die hard, and the people targeted by state-led ethnic cleansing programs even harder. But the reports of mass concentration camps...
Zeshan B: Rising star talks about “Brown-Skinned Soul” and his identity
Chicago-born Indian-Muslim artist, Zeshan B performed a special concert of his remarkable blend of music at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts on September 15. Zeshan B weaves soul music from the 1960s and 1970s with Indo-Pakistani folk...
