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Posts for August, 2009

First Immigration Vigil Today outside Rep. Kirk’s Office

Support CAIR-Chicago and other individuals of conscience today, and all through September, in making comprehensive immigration reform a priority in Congress.

Ramadan Outreach: Mosque Foundation

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Mosque Foundation for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

Remembering Ted Kennedy: A Champion of Truths

“I believe there surely is such a thing as truth, but who among us can claim a monopoly? There are those who do, and their own words testify to their intolerance.”

EEOC Says Neb. Muslim Workers Faced ‘Unlawful Harassment’

(CHICAGO, IL, 8/28/09) The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today announced that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has determined that Somali Muslim employees at a meatpacking plant in Nebraska faced “unlawful harassment” because of their religion.

Ramadan Outreach – Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America (MECCA)

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America (MECCA) for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

American Muslim: Boko Haram Fringe Group Distorts Role of Religion and Education

Had it not been for Muslim translators in the 8th century, the works of Greek philosophers like Socrates and Aristotle would have been lost forever.

Orlando Sentinel: Thomas’s column on teen rare for Muslims . . .

I was pleasantly surprised to note the level of perception and nuance in Mike Thomas’s column about Fathima Rifqa Bary (“Anti-Muslim bias obvious in girl’s case,” Orlando Sentinel, Sunday).

MYLS Congratulates Its Summer 2009 Participants

This past week marked the end of the Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium’s (MYLS) summer program, Breakin’ Out: Implementing Proactive Change.

Daily Herald: Encouraging words in Ramadan story

Thank you for printing “Ramadan Reflections,” which features firsthand accounts by Muslim college students celebrating Ramadan in the United States.

Reflections and Well-Wishes from Communications Coordinator Reem Rahman

Reem Rahman, CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator, is leaving us to pursue a Masters in Management Research at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom this fall.

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