Gardening Sprouts Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Benefits
As of 2023, 55% of American families practice the art of gardening. Many took it on as a hobby following the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to pass the time. But gardening is an activity that goes beyond producing fruits and vegetables. It is actually greatly...
Salam School seniors organized annual Student Convention for 8th year
Hundreds of middle and high school students attending Milwaukee’s Salam school participated in its annual Student Convention on February 24. The senior class has organized the school program annually since 2010, with all arrangements and planning done by the...
Integrating Islam into the Wisconsin Workplace
“Religiously mandated practices are protected both by the First Amendment, which protects the freedom of religion, and Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which provides that an employer may not discriminate against a person due to religion and should...
Leaked report details how DHS used false data to justify surveillance of Muslims
A recent draft report from the Department of Homeland Security called for the discriminatory surveillance of Sunni Muslims in the United States. The report originated in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Intelligence and was obtained and...
Mehreen Amjad: Taking the hijab to the global market
A British-born entrepreneur of Kashmiri origin started the Coco Hijab London e-commerce platform in January 2016 when she found it difficult to find hijabs – a veil worn by Muslim women in the UK. Having had prior experience in the fashion industry Mehreen Amjad says...
Muslim students join Madison Walkout against guns at State Capitol
The March 14 protest began at the library mall, where hundreds of students at UW-Madison left their classes and marched towards the capital, meeting with the hundreds of high schoolers who walked out of class to voice their opinions. Having less than five days...
IRC Book Review: What Color Is My World?
Did you know that the man who invented color graphics for computers was an African American? What about the inventors of the potato chip, bread machines, or open-heart surgery?
A Women’s Day message about being unapologetically a woman and a Muslim
“Women Against Hate United By Love” hosted a special community exhibition and rally on International Women’s Day at Milwaukee’s City Hall. The March 8 event featured a unique and powerful traveling exhibition, that uses art as a platform for gathering...
Tahereh Mafi’s next YA Novel “A Very Large Expanse of Sea” is about a Muslim American teen after 9/11
HarperCollins Publishers recently announced the acquisition of New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi's new stand-alone young adult novel, “A Very Large Expanse of Sea,” set for publication on October 16, 2018. A Very Large Expanse of Sea is a...
Technology from Milwaukee’s Johnson Controls keeps visitors cool at Mecca
Johnson Controls was awarded the contract in 2010 to provide a building management system (HVAC) for the expansion of Makkah’s Holy Mosque in Saudi Arabia, and has kept it temperature controlled for the millions of annual pilgrims. It took multiple...
