‘Not safe to visit’: Nearly 17,000 fans cancel World Cup tickets as boycott calls grow
The countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup was supposed to be about venues, visas and match schedules. Instead, it is being overshadowed by politics — and a growing chorus of voices urging fans to stay away from America.Across social media, calls to boycott...
The ‘Genocide Moment’
Palestinians in the ruins after an Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza strip on Oct. 8. (Mahmoud Fareed, Palestinian News & Information Agency or Wafa, in contract with APAimages, CC BY-SA 3.0)Israel’s systematic and wanton...
This is a list of the names of more than 6,000 Palestinians that Israel has killed in Gaza
PALESTINIANS BURY THE ABU DAN FAMILY IN A MASS GRAVE ON DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTRAL GAZA STRIP, OCTOBER 23, 2023. (PHOTO: NAAMAN OMAR/APA IMAGES)The document below is an English-language version of the original Arabic list that the Palestinian Ministry of...
What’s wrong with the news about Gaza and why it matters, MMWC guest expert explains
At a talk hosted by the Milwaukee Muslim Women's Coalition, Maha Hilal, Ph.D., discussed similarities between rhetoric about the U.S. War on Terror, the subject of her 2021 book Innocent Until Proven Muslim, and Israel's War on Gaza.“Language is a...
CAIR: Americans Send Almost 225,000 Messages to Congress Urging Ceasefire in Gaza Amidst Israel’s War Crimes
Muslim civil rights group reveals data on targeted congressional offices receiving action alerts messages in support for Ceasefire Now Resolution (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/25/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim...
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...
