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)...
Israel is now a full-scale dictatorship
Israeli police force was waiting for demonstrators in UMM Al Fahm, October 19, 2023 (photo: Arab 48) On October 18, after the massacre in the Gaza Baptist Hospital, Herak Haifa called for a demonstration.1 The police announced in advance to the Hebrew...
Photo essay: Milwaukee marches for justice in Palestine
Photos by Kamal ShkoukaniThousands marched in solidarity for Palestinian freedom in downtown Milwaukee, demanding an end to the genocide in Gaza.The newly formed Wisconsin Coalition for Justice in Palestine (WCJP) marched in protest on Sunday Oct 22...
Biden’s Israel-Palestine Policy Could Cost Him the Election
US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023.(Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) / Handout/ Anadolu via Getty Images)I am neither Israeli or Palestinian, nor am I an expert on Middle...
Book Spotlight: Check out Gaza titles at the Islamic Resource Center library
Photo by Cherrie HansonFor a selection of books on Gaza, Palestine, U.S. foreign policy, and international law, visit the Islamic Resource Center library at 5235 S. 27th St., Greenfield, Monday-Friday 10 am - 6 pm. (Registration for a library card requires...
Salam Elementary School assembly addresses students’ fears and sadness about Gaza
Islamic Society of Milwaukee Imam Rami Bleibel asked Salam Elementary School students Wednesday to pray for everyone suffering, regardless of race, religion or ethnicity.“How many of you have seen the news about Gaza?” counselor and therapist Soheil Majeed...
CAIR-NY Condemns Alleged Silencing, Discrimination Against Teachers’ Union Rep Due to Palestinian Solidarity
Photo courtesy of Amy Arundell(NEW YORK, NY, 10/19/2023)—The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the alleged silencing and...
Muslim boy killed and woman wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say
Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, at a news conference at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago’s Northwest Side, Sunday,...
Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival offers free showings of The Wisconsin Muslim Project and Gaza Fights for Freedom
The Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival, Oct. 19-22, presents films from around the globe that are timely and relevant that aim to generate meaningful discussion about Muslims and the Muslim world. The 8th annual Milwaukee Muslim Film Festival opens Thursday as...
UN expert warns of new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, calls for immediate ceasefire
GENEVA (14 October 2023) – A UN human rights expert warned today that Palestinians are in grave danger of mass ethnic cleansing and called on the international community to urgently mediate a ceasefire between warring Hamas and Israeli occupation...
