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....
Islam’s Environmental Spirit: Working for climate and environmental justice
The ISNA Green Initiative Team continues to reach out, build relationships, and collaborate to educate everyone about Islam’s environmental justice teachings to address the multi-level climate crisis. Here are some of our recent efforts that promise to...
Milwaukee Muslim teen’s exceptional artistic talent
Jarnekha Abdul Naser (second from left) and Salam School art teacher Kristie Farahbakhsh (third from left) are flanked by Abdul Naser's friends Shanaa (far left) and Anisa (far right).Maybe it’s the depth of her life experience from an early age in a...
Palestine is the single most urgent free speech crisis in the U.S. today
PROTEST AGAINST THE ISRAEL ANTI-BOYCOTT ACT, 2019. (PHOTO VIA ACLU)The repression of Palestinian rights claims is the single most urgent crisis of free speech in the United States today. How we narrate this crisis, and the frameworks we use to analyze...
BDS is the most effective way to put our solidarity into action – here’s how to win
(IMAGE: PALESTINIAN BDS NATIONAL COMMITTEE)As Israel continues to escalate its ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, a new wave of solidarity with Palestine is emerging. Many people are learning for the first time about the Palestinian...
Islamic Society of Milwaukee hosts discussions on Israel’s occupation of Palestine
Graphic courtesy of PalestinePortal.orgThe Shrinking Palestine map series shows the development of Israeli settlements (white) and the Palestinian's loss of land (green) from 1947 to 2005.Bombarded with horrific news and distressing images from Gaza, along...
Christians call for ceasefire: Wisconsin clergy members unify to form Wisconsin Christians for Justice in Palestine
Those who attended the vigil placed shoes to a crèche to represent the children's lives lost. (Spectrum News 1/Abbey Taylor)Milwaukee— One by one, a pair of shoes was added to a crèche outside of the Redeemer Lutheran Church at a vigil on Wednesday....
Nation’s highest science honor goes to University of Michigan neuroscientist
University of Michigan professor Huda Akil, center right, at the White House ceremony awarding her and other scientists the National Medal of Science. From left to right, she is with National Academy of Medicine President Dr. Victor Dzau, University of...
Wisconsinites join D.C. protest against U.S. support for Israel’s war on Gaza
A huge protest in Washington, D.C., Saturday called for an immediate halt to Israeli bombing in Gaza.“We uplifted the demands of the Gazan people and the Gazan resistance,” said an exhilarated and exhausted Haitham Salawdeh of Wauwatosa Sunday. He and his...
‘We’re a War Machine as a Nation’: The Truth About American Politics
Israel’s ongoing massacre in Gaza has stirred worldwide calls for a ceasefire to stop the genocide unfolding. The United States has been no exception, which countless demonstrators taking to the streets in recent weeks. That hasn’t stopped the US...
