Freedom Flotilla organizer asks Wisconsin conference: “What kind of world do you want to live in?”
U.S. activist and human rights lawyer Huwaida Arraf confronts an Israeli soldier in the West Bank town of Ni’ilin in 2008 during a nonviolent protest against an Israeli-constructed separation wall that would take about 1/3 of Ni’ilin’s land. Early Monday...
Umrah pilgrims discuss trip with interfaith group
The Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition hosted a networking brunch
Muslim Slaves in America: Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Sori
Black History Month is an annual observance in February that started as a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora. This biography is part of a series that features well known enslaved African Muslims....
Myanmar genocide in focus as local Rohingya Muslims plead for help
On September 15, more than 150 protesters, mainly Rohingya refugees, lined the street on 3rd and Wisconsin
Milwaukee stands up to anti-Muslim hate
The anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim organization ACT for America, which calls itself "The NRA of national security," announced nearly 70 rallies in three dozen states, including one in Milwaukee on September 9. The Milwaukee General Defense Committee’s call to...
Hate groups seek to spread fear in Milwaukee with change of tactics
On September 9, a hate group had planned a rally in our city. It was only a matter of time before the hate…
End of Ramadan celebrated with Eid al-Fitr
For 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, including the thousands in the Greater Milwaukee area, Saturday evening at sunset on June 24 marked the end of the month of Ramadan.
Wisconsin State Assembly holds interfaith prayer
On August 17, the Wisconsin Assembly voted unanimously on a resolution that condemned the violence during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12. Milwaukee native and president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, Janan Najeeb, was...
