What are you thankful for? Our readers’ reflections on gratitude
The week before Thanksgiving, we posed a question to our readers, “What are you thankful for?” requesting their thoughts about the day of giving thanks.We ask this with full awareness that it is difficult to talk about gratitude when so many people in our...
Dalia Mogahed: Being Muslim in America
“I’m completely ordinary. I'm not an exception. My story is not unusual. I am as ordinary as they come. When you meet people who seem like an exception to the rule, oftentimes it's that the rule is broken, not that they're an exception to it.” - Dalia...
Muslim Slaves in America: Salih Bilali (Tom)
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....
Federal lawsuit filed in Wisconsin by Islamic group over denial of prayer breaks
Attorneys with the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a federal lawsuit against Brillion-based Ariens Company in December, alleging the company violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act. The legal document stated...
IRC Book Review: Malcolm Little
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. Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz,...
Muslim Slaves in America: Yarrow Mamout
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....
Ali El Hashash: Community grocer grows with the popularity of Halal
Individuals of the Muslim faith arrived in Milwaukee at the turn of the century, and became established as a group by the 1930s. The community has seen its biggest growth over the past couple decades, as historically restrictive immigration policies were lifted...
Halal foods used as another method to target Muslims
Various reports estimate that the world-wide demand for halal-certified food and beverages will be worth between $415 billion and $3.7 trillion by 2020. Research by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is comprised of 57 Muslim-majority...
Muslim Slaves in America: Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua
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....
The Art of Vulnerability and an Epidemic of Communal Trauma
The United Nations Association – Greater Milwaukee hosted a presentation by Myron Eshowsky, MS, on February 10 at Redeemer Lutheran Church, about his work empowering refugees living in the Syrian displacement camps. The local event highlighted Eshowsky’s...
