Muslims and Sports
Image cred: @o.dembele7 on InstagramOn Sept. 22, 2025, French soccer player Ousmane Dembélé won the men’s Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious award in global soccer. He became just the third Muslim to win the award since its debut in 1956, following Karim...
The lawyers behind Israel’s covert programme to criminalise BDS worldwide
It is October 2020. Michelle Williams, then-partner at the prestigious British law firm Clifford Chance, has just scheduled an online call with representatives of the Israeli government for a confidential project. Williams won’t be talking to Tel Aviv’s...
MPD and Muslim civic organization launch communication amidst public outcry against police chief’s training in Israel
Screenshots by WMJ via @klettocracy Milwaukee police officers and MPD Chief Jeffrey Norman sit on the front row during a public meeting last month before the Police and Fire Commission dominated by comments about Norman's 2025 counter terrorism training...
Book Review: The weight of witnessing
Displaced Palestinians struggle with flooding after heavy rain hits the Tal El-Hawa area in Gaza City, on November 30, 2025. (Photo: Omar Ashtawy/APA Images) Wasim Said’s Witness to the Hellfire of Genocide: A Testimony from Gaza is a text born beneath...
Crush Your Ego Before Ramadan
We begin by praising Allah and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or obeyed unconditionally except Him alone. We bear witness that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is His final messenger.We ask Allah to send His peace and blessings upon...
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to give keynote for Wisconsin unity event
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) will join Wisconsin community leaders Sunday in a show of unity against rising intimidation and political violence. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar will deliver the keynote address at the Faith, Unity and Community Gathering...
Why governments must play a bigger role in protecting children from conflict
Students attend a class in a damaged building in Gaza. / AFPThe International Day of Education, observed on January 24, provides an opportunity to reflect on the year just gone by and focus on the challenges ahead. In 2025, attacks on education continued...
Ilhan Omar Survives Syringe Attack, Stands Firm Against Trump’s Criticism and ICE Operations
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar was sprayed with liquid from a syringe during a town hall she was hosting in north Minneapolis, according to police, in an incident that underscores the increasing threats facing Muslim lawmakers in the U.S.Omar, who was...
First-ever nationally released Muslim animated feature comes to Wisconsin
Courtesy of Milo ProductionsTime Hoppers: The Silk Road follows Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid and Layla in the year 2050. The children stumble on the ability to time travel and embark on a mission to save great men and women who built the foundations of modern...
Why Shaban Is More Powerful Than You Think?
Most people count down to Ramadan. Few notice what comes before it. Yet in Islamic tradition, there is a quiet, often overlooked month that carries extraordinary weight: Shaban.Shaban is called the forgotten month. It sits between Rajab, a sacred month,...
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