Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center gets a new imam
Photos courtesy of the Milwaukee Islamic Dawah CenterThe Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center celebrated the appointment of its new imam, Mohamed Camara (right), with a community dinner on Dec. 5. Without an imam for four years, Milwaukee Islamic Dawah Center...
Is Israel ‘On the Brink?’ (w/ Ilan Pappé)
This interview is also available on podcast platforms and Rumble.Despite the demoralization and destruction produced by Israel’s two-year-long genocidal campaign on the Palestinians, Israel potentially finds itself at its weakest point in its short...
In Israel, raping Palestinian prisoners is justified. Leaking the footage is betrayal
Soldiers lock a gate at the Sde Teiman detention facility after Israeli military police arrived as part of an investigation into the abuse of a Palestinian detainee, on 29 July 2024 (Amir Cohen/Reuters)When a video surfaced last year...
Marquette University scholar to talk about changes in Palestinian American marriage
The Islamic Resource Center, 5235 S. 27th St. Greenfield, will host Enaya Othman, Ph.D., Saturday at 7 p.m. for the launch of her new book, Crafting Marriages: Palestinian American Women Transforming Gender Boundaries.“As an immigrant from Al-Bireh,...
Zohran Mamdani represents the future of the Democratic party
Zohran Mamdani speaks at a campaign rally at Forest Hills stadium in Queens, New York, on 26 October. Photograph: Julius Constantine Motal/The GuardianThe only upside to living through this dark time is it pushes us to rethink and perhaps totally remake...
300+ Writers Boycott NYT Opinion Pages Over ‘Shameful’ Anti-Palestinian Gaza Coverage
A vigil is held outside The New York Times headquarters in Manhattan, New York City, to honor Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi, who was killed in Gaza, on October 14, 2025. [Selçuk Acar – Anadolu Agency]More than 300 writers and commentators warned...
Good health begins with peace of mind
Photos by Cherrie Hanson SIHA (Striving to Improve Health for All) founding members, left to right, Laila Azam Ph.D., Amal Jaber, M.E., Fauzia Qureshi, B.S., Islam Elayan, M.S.N., and Thalia Williams, Ph.D., came together in 2018 to develop public health...
The First Latino-Led Mosque in the Midwest
Illinois is home to over 2 million Latinos, predominantly of Mexican heritage. Of that 2 million, about 820,000 live in Chicago making Latinos the second largest ethnic group in the city as of 2020. With that comes a flourishing Latino Muslim community....
From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Gaza genocide transformed U.S. public opinion
Upwards of 400,000 Pro-Palestine protestors take the streets in a national march in Washington DC to show support for Palestinians and call for a ceasefire and end the genocide in Gaza, January 13, 2024. (Photo: Eman Mohammed)Two years since the start of...
October Networking Brunch preview: Interactive workshop with Japanese cultural ambassador
Sae Iino came to the International Institute of Wisconsin in August, and will be sharing Japanese-themed programs with local communities for the next two years. Muslim Women’s Coalition’s October Networking Brunch features Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI)...
