Posts tagged Lawrence Benito
CAIR-Chicago Hosts Brown Bag Lunch Panel on American Activists’ Trip to Egypt

CAIR-Chicago hosted a brown bag lecture featuring Joshua Hoyt, the Executive Director of the Illinois Coalition of Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Lawrence Benito, Deputy Director at ICIRR, Merhdad Azemun from the National Peoples Action, and Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago.

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Features, Multimedia, Our News, Photo AlbumMyJihad MyJihadAhmed Rehab, Arab Spring, CAIR Chicago, Egypt, ICIRR, Joshua Hoyt, Lawrence Benito, Mehrdad Azemun, protestComment
Sun-Times: Muslim Americans rally to get out vote

"American Muslims are not a threat to this nation," said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "The threat to this nation is those who would divide us based on race, faith or ethnicity because those are the ones who undermine our values."

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Features, Media MentionsMyJihad MyJihadAhmed Rehab, Amy Lee, CIOGC, election, Election Day, Executive Director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Islam, Islamophobia, Kiran Ansari, Lawrence Benito, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim girls, Polls, Sun-Times, Universal School, Vote, VotingComment