Ghayasuddin Siddiqui obituary
Ghayasuddin Siddiqui at his office in west London in 2004. He was also an active member of the Stop the War Coalition. Photograph: Independent/AlamyWhen Malcolm X arrived at Sheffield University in December 1964, it was a young Pakistani student activist,...
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...
Blinken’s Humiliation
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ended his four-day excursion to the Middle East where he was publicly rebuffed by Israel, schooled by Egypt and Jordan and protested in Turkey. Blinken will arrive back in the United States where hundreds of...
MMWC Muslim Mental Health Conference: Integrating Islam in addiction treatment
Ahmed Hassan, M.D. was one of the presenters at the two day Behavioral & Mental Health Conference focusing on addiction treatment and how conventional mental health services often fail to provide culturally sensitive care. How many Muslims in America...
