MEDIA DIGEST: CAIR-Chicago responds to vandalism of Muslim grave
| CAIR-Chicago holds “White Balloon Protest” downtown | |
CAIR-Chicago | August 18, 2012 |
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On Friday, August 17th, CAIR-Chicago along with an interfaith and interethnic coalition of diverse community organizations united to protest hate and Islamophobia in downtown Chicago. |
| Al Jazeera: Attacks on US Muslims creates Eid worry | |
| Al Jazeera | August 17, 2012 | |
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab comments on the demonizing of Muslims in the U.S. in this new Al Jazeera piece. |
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| Chicago Sun-Times: Muslim grave desecrated at Evergreen Park cemetery | |
| Chicago Sun-Times | August 17, 2012 | |
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CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Rabya Khan discusses the vandalism of a Muslim man's grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. that follows two other incidents targeting Muslim institutions. |
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| VIDEO: ABC 7 – Anti-Muslim graffiti found on Muslim grave in Evergreen Park | |
| ABC 7 | August 17, 2012 | |
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Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, responds to anti-Muslim graffiti found on a Muslim grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. |
| NBC 5: Hate graffiti found on Muslim grave in Illinois | |
| NBC 5 | August 17, 2012 | |
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Anti-Islam hate graffiti was found spray-painted this week on a Muslim grave at a cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., a local group has discovered. |
| ABC 7: Gravestone defaced with anti-Islam graffiti | |
| ABC 7 | August 17, 2012 | |
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Anti-Muslim graffiti is found on a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, comments. |
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| CBS 2: Muslim Headstones Desecrated At Evergreen Park Cemetery | |
| CBS 2 | August 17, 2012 | |
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Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Communications Coordinator Aymen Abdel Halim respond to hateful graffiti on a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. |
| WBEZ: Islamic rights group sounds alarm over grave desecration | |
| WBEZ | August 17, 2012 | |
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Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, speaks to WBEZ’s Odette Yousef about the desecration of a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. |
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| VIDEO: CBS 2 – Hate graffiti found at Illinois Muslim grave site | |
| CBS 2 | August 17, 2012 | |
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CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, speaks to CBS 2 reporter Dorothy Tucker about a Muslim grave that was desecrated in Evergreen Park, Ill. |
| VIDEO: Fox 32 – Muslim grave site desecrated, CAIR-Chicago responds | |
| FOX 32 | August 18, 2012 | |
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, speaks out against anti-Muslim rhetoric which has contributed to hate crimes against Muslims. |
| VIDEO: NBC 5 – CAIR-Chicago responds to hateful graffiti on Muslim grave | |
| NBC 5 | August 18, 2012 | |
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Aymen Abdel Halim, Communications Coordinator for CAIR-Chicago, speaks to NBC 5 reporter Sharon Wright, about how hate and Islamophobia has contributed to the vandalism of a Muslim man’s grave. |
| VIDEO: CBS 2 – CAIR-Chicago calls grave desecration hateful | |
| CBS 2 | August 18, 2012 | |
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CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, speaks to CBS 2 reporter Kris Guiterrez about the hateful graffiti that was found on a Muslim man’s grave in an Evergreen Park, Ill. cemetery. |
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| PRESS RELEASE: Hate Graffiti Sprayed on Muslim Graves in Illinois | |
| CAIR-Chicago | August 17, 2012 | |
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) said today that Muslim graves at the Evergreen cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., have been spray-painted with anti-Islam hate graffiti. |