2019 Inaugural Committee Interfaith Service “Our Wisconsin, Our Values”
Faith leaders from across southeastern Wisconsin gathered on Saturday, January 5th at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Milwaukee for an Interfaith Service with Governor-elect Tony Evers and Lieutenant Governor-elect Mandela Barnes. The audience of...
Remembering sacrifices and contributions by Muslim soldiers on Veterans Day
Janan Najeeb, president of the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition, was one of the featured speakers at the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, held at Milwaukee City Hall on November 11 to remember the tragedies of World War I and the call for peace in its...
Rohingya refugees fearful of forcible repatriation to Myanmar despite UN objections
The governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar are to push ahead with the repatriation of thousands of Rohingya this week, despite objections by the UN, and against the wishes of the refugees, who spoke of being “terrified” at being sent back. Fear gripped the...
Tenth Annual Milwaukee Film Festival Explores Arab Community and Culture Through Film
The Tenth Annual Milwaukee Film Festival hosted a range of motion pictures that celebrated the diversity of the Arab-Muslim community, from October 18 to November 1. Films were selected across a range of topics and groups from Palestinians to...
Why white Americans who commit acts of terror are not called terrorists
Perhaps the path to end terrorism begins with abandoning it as a term we selectively deploy and actively distort. A white gunman walks into a synagogue outside of Pittsburgh and guns down 11 congregants after screaming, "All Jews must die!" during Sabbath...
Local police departments across America receive Israeli Military Police training
It is not uncommon for residents of America’s most heavily policed neighborhoods to describe their local cops as “an occupying force.” Judging by where many U.S. police forces get their training, the description seems apt. Thousands of American law...
Milwaukee Streetcar opens new transportation option for Muslims working downtown
Milwaukee’s new $124 million streetcar started passenger service on November 3, and immediately began connecting people and neighborhoods on its opening weekend by adding another mode of public transit for the Muslim population who work downtown. The Hop...
First two Muslim women in Congress, a Somali refugee and a Palestinian immigrant
Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee and Rashida Tlaib, a social worker born in Detroit to Palestinian immigrant parents, will increase the total number of Muslims in the House to three. A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared...
Naureen Akhter: An accidental career in politics
Naureen Akhter didn’t prepare for a career in politics. And then, the 2016 elections happened. Following the election of President Donald Trump, Akhter started a group to cater for Muslim Americans called Muslims For Progress, where they held voter...
#CallingAllMuslims effort makes local push to “Get Out the Vote” for midterm election
With the importance of the 2018 midterm elections as a referendum on the current state of politics and the direction of the country, the Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition participated in the national phone banking effort on November 1 to remind voters...
