Marquette University’s new Muslim chaplain has two missions
Photo courtesy of Marquette UniversityFatih Harpci, Ph.D., joined Marquette University's Campus Ministry last summer as MU's Muslim chaplain. As students in Marquette University’s Arabic Language and Culture Club set up calligraphy and henna stations, an...
The world cannot turn its back on Sudan and its neighbours any longer
Sudanese refugees who have fled from the war in Sudan get off a truck loaded with families arriving at a Transit Centre for refugees in Renk, on February 13, 2024 [Luis Tato/AFP]At Renk in South Sudan, 40km (25 miles) south of the border with Sudan, I met...
3 things to learn about patience − and impatience − from al-Ghazali, a medieval Islamic scholar
Al-Ghazali’s book ‘Alchemy of Happiness,’ held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Al-Ghazali - Bibliothèque nationale de France via Wikimedia CommonsFrom childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those who...
Creating skilled, enthusiastic readers is the desire of IRC’s Summer Reading and Activity Program
Kids who participate in the IRC Summer Reading Activity Camp spend several weeks building positive feelings toward reading and frequenting a library that was specially created for them. Years of research has proven that summer reading programs translate...
Mental Health Effects of Video Games and Social Media in Adolescence
Playing video games can have both positive and negative effects on the mental health of children, depending on various factors such as the content of the games, the amount of time spent playing and the child's characteristics. Among the positive effects is...
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...
