Milwaukee Muslim Women Focus on Community Service...
October 01, 2007 Milwaukee, WI A dozen years ago, several Muslim women in Milwaukee decided to become more involved in their community. Today, this small group has evolved into an active organization called Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. Group members focus on public service and public perceptions of Muslim women and their faith. Insherah Farhoud is a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. She is one of the founding members of Milwaukee Muslim Women’s Coalition. One of the group’s early goals, she recalls, was helping Muslim women find jobs so they would be “better, productive citizens in the community and better role models for their children.” The Coalition initiated a medical assistant training program...
Detroit Interfaith Group Teaches Tolerance Through Dialogue...
June 08, 2007 Washington, D.C. After September 11th, many religious leaders across the U.S. gathered to pray for peace and understanding. In the Midwest City of Detroit, one of the most ethnically diverse in America, Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders continue to meet on a regular basis. The Detroit Interfaith Partners try to talk through their differences, despite underlying religious friction at home and ethnic conflicts overseas. In a scene from the documentary “Reuniting The Children of Abraham,” a Christian actor says, “Where I grew up there were only two kinds of people. You were either a Christian or you were someone who did not believe in God.” A Jewish actress offers her own story, saying, “My family...
Muslim Girl Starts Magazine Geared Toward Muslim Girls...
In the United States there are magazines that cater to many different topics of interest and segments of the population. Now there is a magazine that targets Muslim Girls. It is called MG Magazine and not only is it FOR Muslim girls; it is written and published BY Muslim girls. Today Yasmine El-Safy is getting ready to send the latest issue of MG Magazine out to its’ subscribers. Yasmine admits, “I can’t work up against deadlines. I get crazy”. Yasmine El-Safy is MG magazine’s founder, publisher and editor-in-chief. She is thirteen and a half-years-old. She says she started this magazine for Muslim girls because she couldn’t relate to anything in the mainstream media. She also states, “They were fluffy and they just...
At Home in the US Heartland: Two Muslim Families in Iowa...
February 03, 2004 Cedar Rapids, Iowa It’s one of the oldest Muslim communities in the United States, and it’s right in the middle of the midwestern heartland: Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It’s a state that is overwhelmingly Christian – yet recent immigrants as well as Muslims who were born here say they’ve found it a comfortable place to make their homes and practice their religion. Zeineb Mehdi, for example, grew up in Tunisia, and moved to Cedar Rapds 23 years ago. A devout Muslim, she serves on the board of the local Islamic Center, and attends prayers in the mosque there. But it’s her peace activism that has made Zeineb Mehdi well known in this small city – and...
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