Film Review: James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
Still from James Gunn’s “Superman” showing Metropolis falafel vendor, Malik Ali, helping Superman during his fight with the villain, the “Hammer of Boravia.” SUPERMANDirected by James Gunn129 minutes, DC Studios, 2025 Editor’s Note: This article contains...
Living in the New Era: Q&A with MAS Milwaukee
The Muslim American Society (MAS) Milwaukee held its 12th Annual Conference on March 30 and 31 at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport. The Wisconsin Muslim Journal attended the two-day program, recording keynote speakers and photo documenting the...
Ala Ismail: Organizing an event that offers a path and a purpose
The Muslim American Society (MAS) Milwaukee held its 12th Annual Conference on March 30 and 31 at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport. The Wisconsin Muslim Journal attended the two-day program, recording keynote speakers and photo documenting the event...
A platform for exploring the bonds of faith and family
The Muslim American Society (MAS) Milwaukee held its 12th Annual Conference on March 30 and 31 at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport. The Wisconsin Muslim Journal attended the two-day program, recording keynote speakers and photo documenting the event...
Nigel Oakes: Trump used Muslims the way Hitler used Jews
An interview transcript released on April 17 by the U.K. Parliament's Digital, Media, Culture and Sport Committee revealed that Nigel Oakes, CEO of Cambridge Analytica’s parent company SCL Group, compared the tactics used by President Trump in his 2016...
“Beirut” movie features every Hollywood stereotype about the Middle East
Jon Hamm’s latest movie “Beirut” was released in theaters nationwide on April 13. The movie, set in 1982, tells the story of a former U.S. diplomat who finds himself back in Beirut ten years after his family was killed there. His new mission is to save a...
Family of child with lead poisoning struggles with illness and complicity
Shu’aib Al-Mujaahid is a quiet child. The 5-year-old peeks out intermittently, through sunken eyes, from behind his mother, curious at the cameras that follow him. His older brothers Sulayman, 10, and Salahudeen, 12, filter water from the kitchen tap...
What adults can learn about the world from kids in a classroom
The third grade students at the University School of Milwaukee (USM) sat attentively on the classroom floor waiting for a presentation to learn about Muslims. The program was organized by Morgan Woods, one of the third grade teachers and an African...
Muslims among families still affected by systemic housing discrimination
Fifty years ago, the federal Fair Housing Act was signed into law. It represented a giant stride forward in our nation’s protection of basic civil rights, and it was paid for by the blood and sweat of tireless men and women who worked long and hard for it....
IRC Book Review: The Butterfly Mosque
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 Butterfly Mosque by G Willow Wilson, © 2011 - ISBN: 9780802118875 The...
