Wisconsin Muslim Journal 2025: A year in review
New citizens naturalized and celebrated at Lynden Sculpture GardenDuring 2025, umbrella themes centered on identity and citizenship, belonging and agency. Wisconsin Muslim Journal (WMJ) sourced expertise and insight to document stories nodding to the...
Yale students launch hunger strike over school’s connection to Gaza assault
THE OLD CAMPUS COURTYARD OF YALE UNIVERSITY (WIKIMEDIA)Fourteen students at Yale University are on a hunger strike over the school’s connection to arms manufacturers currently supplying Israel with weaponry.The group sent Yale University Peter Salovey a...
Milwaukee Muslims remember Gaza while observing Eid al-Fitr
Photos by Kamal Moon Around 6,000 Muslims gathered Wednesday for the Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Baird Center in Milwaukee. Thousands more had prayed at 7:30 a.m at mosques throughout greater Milwaukee. Muslim families, dressed in their holiday best, flowed...
Unlocking the Mysteries of Multiple Sclerosis
A Medical College of Wisconsin physician-scientist, Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD, is conducting research he hopes will improve the treatment of MS. For all we know about multiple sclerosis (MS), a central nervous system disease that currently afflicts nearly 1...
Watching The Message during Ramadan
Director Moustapha Akkad with actors Anthony Quinn and Abdullah Gheith at the filming set of The Message [Al Jazeera Documentary Channel] My great-grandfather Rasim Tabaković served as an imam in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad. Always impeccably...
41,000 flags planted at Marquette University to honor Palestinian lives lost
Photos by Kamal Moon More than 100 people planted flags Sunday on Marquette University's campus for Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7. Marquette University students arrived on campus yesterday to a sea of 41,000 green, red and white flags, each...
Watermelon Pictures: Alana Hadid to lead new Palestinian film company
PHOTO: EDWARD BERTHELOT/GETTY IMAGESAlana Hadid, whose father Mohamed is Palestinian, will become the company's creative director. Alana Hadid, the older half-sister of models Bella and Gigi, is joining the newly launched Watermelon Pictures as creative...
When is Eid al-Fitr 2024 and how is it celebrated?
As a new moon was not sighted on Monday evening after Maghrib prayers, Muslims in Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries will fast one more day, completing 30 days of Ramadan. The first day of Eid will then be celebrated on Wednesday, April 10. The first...
Milwaukee’s Eid Festival cancelled in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Photo by Kamal Moon As Palestinians in Gaza suffer relentless bombing and starvation, Milwaukee's Muslim community opts for subdued Ramadan and Eid celebrations, beginning with the cancellation in March of Eat Halal Milwaukee's Suhoor Food Truck Festival....
Opening Closets and Hearts with Eid Pop-up Shop
Wisconsin Muslimah Circle members (from left to right) Nyla Khan, Naima Hankar, Habiba Wasiuddin and Zainab Rahman created a one-day Eid pop-up shop during Ramadan. All proceeds went to support Our Peaceful Home project and their clients. With Eid al-Fitr...
