WMCF’s inaugural gala celebrates community, connection and civic engagement
Photos by Cherrie Hanson U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) delivered the keynote speech at the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Foundation Gala Oct. 5. Born and raised in Detroit to Palestinian immigrants, she is known for her progressive leadership on...
Marquette University students reinvent wudu for campus life
Photos courtesy of Marquette TodayMarquette University seniors, Jack Killian (left) and Leen Mortada (right) were awarded 2nd place in the Brewer Ideas Challenge contest for their Wudu You invention.For some college students, moving into the dorms is an...
Israel’s military called the settler attack on this Palestinian town a ‘pogrom.’ Videos show soldiers did little to stop it
Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance/Getty Images An aerial view shows vehicles torched by Israeli settlers in an attack on Huwara on February 26, triggered by the killing of two Israelis in the occupied West Bank town. When hundreds of Israeli settlers...
Through personal ups and downs, they’ve waited years to perform hajj. These are their stories
Iraqi pilgrims navigate the Baghdad airport as they head to Mecca for hajj.(Hadi Mizban / Associated Press) This year’s hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after a daunting three-year period when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the...
Principal Basimah Abdullah, Clara Mohammed School’s driving force, retires
Clara Mohammed School principal Basimah Abdullah (center) celebrates graduation with the Baquet family children, left to right, new 7th grader LaMarcus; new 6th grader Lamarion and new 1st grader Lamario.The Clara Mohammed School Graduation Ceremony...
First Muslim woman confirmed as federal judge
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty ImagesNusrat Jahan Choudhury testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on judicial nominations in Dirksen Building on April 27, 2022.Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge...
Adapting to a Summer Schedule
As the final days of the school year approach, a sense of anticipation fills the air for children and parents alike. Hearts brim with excitement at the thought of finally putting away those textbooks in honor of the arrival of summer holidays and the...
Mexican halal butcher finds strength and solace in Islam
Photos by Kamal ShkoukaniAnselmo Lopez Andrade (center) and his sons, Salvador Lopez (left) and Rafael Lopez (right) work together at his butcher shop located inside Amanah Food Mart.Four years ago, Anselmo “Chemo” Lopez Andrade opened Chemo’s Butcher Shop...
America can’t be indifferent to the snuffing out of democracy in Pakistan
A couple of weeks ago, I organized a Zoom meeting for British Conservative members of Parliament to talk to Imran Khan, the former prime minister of Pakistan, who is now under house arrest. A few minutes before the meeting began, the authorities got wind...
Gaza children’s mental health goes from bad to worse
A Palestinian boy peeks out from a hole in a fence near al-Bureij in the Gaza Strip on 7 April 2022 (AFP)On the fourth day of Israel's 2021 assault on Palestinians in Gaza, the bombardment was intense.Hoping to distract her children from the constant sound...
