Rollbacks on Climate Initiatives Could Prove Detrimental
In 2024, the world continued to warm and extreme weather events reached unprecedented levels. Many regions experienced record-breaking heat waves, stronger hurricanes and typhoons, severe flooding, and widespread wildfires.“Climate change contributed to...
MMWC offers free workshop on effective anger management
Photo courtesy of Pixels Learning anger management techniques improves relationships, says Mehwish Aqueel, a counselor with Milwaukee Community and Health Center. Aqueel is the featured speaker Saturday at a free workshop at the Islamic Resource Center.“I...
2 charged in attack on Muslim women in Milwaukee park, ripping hijabs from their heads
Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Historical SocietyCathedral Square Park is a small urban Milwaukee County Park located at 520 E Wells St.Two women have been charged with hate crimes after allegedly punching and ripping off the hijabs of a group of Muslim women...
Working With Kids: A Life-Changing Experience
For the longest time, I thought that I would never be able to work with kids.There was something about the way that their personalities beamed that I felt like I didn’t have the space for.My awkwardness, fear of failure, impatience with myself, and...
Serving the deceased: Milwaukee Muslims prepare bodies for burial
Washing the bodies of deceased Muslim brothers or sisters is meaningful and rewarding, Milwaukee Muslim volunteers say.Imam Yaseen Domineck, 45, director of the Milwaukee Muslim Funeral Home, helped wash a Muslim brother for burial for the first time in...
“The Quran Cannot Be Burned”
Washington, D.C. | www.mpac.org | July 20, 2023 — The desecration of the Quran in Stockholm, Sweden last month has given way to a strong reaction from the global Muslim community. In Pakistan, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for protests to defend the...
Two years after the end of the Muslim ban, some Minnesotans are still separated from their Muslim family
Protesters chant as speakers talk about the travel ban on Muslim majority countries in front of the U.S. courthouse in Minneapolis on June 26, 2018. Christopher Juhn for MPR News 2018It’s been six years since former president Donald Trump signed an...
Kasir’s new art show at Var Gallery encompasses both love and war
Photo courtesy of Var Gallery Artist David Najib Kasir's exhibition, “Neighborhoods in Subtraction,” will be on display at Var Gallery until Aug 6. Milwaukee-based artist David Najib Kasir has been drawing and creating for his entire life, but it wasn't...
Earning Her Wings, Canadian Muslim Pilot Hopes to Inspire Women
Looking up to her father who worked as a pilot in Pakistan, Khansa Ayyaz has always dreamt of taking to the skies.The dream is getting closer to reality, thanks to the scholarships she received from Women in Aviation International, alongside other students...
Paul Pogba Fights Poverty with New Islamic Fund
Juventus and France Muslim star Paul Pogba has launched a fund in collaboration with a halal digital investment platform to fight poverty after his emotional experience with using foodbanks as a child.The former Manchester United midfielder experienced a...
