ISNA 62nd Convention Attracts Record Attendance in Rosemont
The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) hosted its 62nd Annual Convention on August 29, 2025, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, bringing together thousands of participants from across the country.The convention opened...
Kamchatka earthquake is among top 10 strongest ever recorded. Here’s what they have in common
Kamchatka Krai earthquake location. USGSToday at about 11:30am local time, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the country’s far east.Originating at a depth of roughly 20 kilometres, today’s powerful...
Caitlin Johnstone: Mainstream Voices Sudden Pivot on Gaza
The death of 17-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Assaf, from northern Gaza, as a result of the famine and humanitarian crisis in the Strip, July 2024. (Hossam Shabat/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0)Israel’s top human rights group B’Tselem has finally...
Faith in Action: Wisconsin and Michigan Green Muslims commitment to protect the Great Lakes
Photos courtesy of Wisconsin Green Muslims Huda Alkaff, founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims was one of 70 organizations who participated in the "Fish for the Future" campaign to protect the Great Lakes. On Saturday, July 12th, 2025 in...
The global Church has failed its duty to challenge the Gaza genocide
Pope Leo XIV on the loggia after his election, May 8, 2025. (Photo: Edgar Beltrán / The Pillar / Wikimedia)We have all witnessed close to two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza but heads of the church—its spiritual leaders, its bishops, its pastors—have...
Nearly 80 Expelled at Columbia: Can Students No Longer Protest Without Paying the Price?
Columbia University has expelled or suspended nearly 80 students, some for up to three years, and revoked degrees in response to participation in antiwar demonstrations on campus, including the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments that captured national...
Palestinian author/filmmaker brings “It Could Have Been Me,” a children’s story about Gaza, to Milwaukee
Photos and stills courtesy of Lina AbdulkarimLina Abdulkarim’s first book, It Could Have Been Me, was among 20 books worldwide to be longlisted for the Middle East Monitor’s 2025 Palestine Book Awards.Ask children’s author and filmmaker Lina Abdulkarim...
Mamdani’s win signifies hope and a political voice for Muslim Americans
Zohran Mamdani greets a supporter at his election night watch party in Long Island City on 25 June. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/ReutersZohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor has a group of Pakistani American aunties and...
Israel’s narrative cannot survive the truth, so it’s silencing the world
Fans watch Kneecap perform at the West Holts stage during day four of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm near Pilton, Somerset, Britain, 28 June 2025. [Andy Rain/EPA]We are living in truly extraordinary times.We recently witnessed the United Nations...
Painting truth, Milwaukee muralist depicts the human cost of war
Photos courtesy of David Najib KasirThe East Side business improvement district offered Kasir the opportunity to paint a new mural after a previous one had been obscured from view. "The Subtration of Children" was completed in mid July at Black Cat...
