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CAIR-Chicago's Rabya Khan Participates in Islamic Foundation Career Fair
On Friday, March 3, CAIR-Chicago's Staff Attorney Rabya Khan participated in the first annual career fair sponsored by the Islamic Foundation School’s National Honor Society.
PILI Fellowships at CAIR-Chicago!
Be a Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) fellow at CAIR-Chicago for the Summer of 2015. Apply today!
CAIR Seeks 'Accountability' Following Release of Senate Torture Report
CAIR asks for prompt "accountability," along with changes in law and government policies after the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's use of torture in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks.
CAIR Seeks 'Accountability' Following Release of Senate Torture Report
CAIR asks for prompt "accountability," along with changes in law and government policies after the release of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the CIA's use of torture in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks.
CAIR-Chicago Continues to Support Community Post ISIS Arrest
Recognizing the vital need to support communities across Chicagoland, CAIR-Chicago continues its efforts to foster dialogue and defend civil rights.
Defending Rights Panel at CAIR-Chicago Tuesday, November 18th
Join CAIR-Chicago on Tuesday, November 18th, for Defending Rights, a program on the importance of protecting the rights of children detained in military courts, and the rights of U.S. Palestine human rights activists.
Community Leader, Rasmea Odeh, Faces Trial Tuesday in Detroit Federal Court
Rasmea Odeh, 67, was arrested by agents of the Department of Homeland Security and charged with immigration fraud for allegedly “lying” on her citizenship application twenty years ago. Odeh is a Chicago Palestinian and respected Arab community organizer, haunted by a forty year old conviction in an Israeli military court. If found guilty, she could face up to ten years in federal prison, an immediate revocation of her citizenship, and deportation from the United States.
PRESS RELEASE: Loyola SJP Charged with 'Discrimination' & 'Bullying' for Calling Out Birthright Israel's Discrimination Against Palestinians
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY- Chicago students affiliated with the student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will attend an administrative hearing scheduled this Thursday, October 30 to respond to allegations made against the group after Palestinian students lined up on September 9, 2014 to try to register for a Birthright Israel trip to highlight its discrimination against Palestinians.
PRESS RELEASE: Loyola SJP Charged with 'Discrimination' & 'Bullying' for Calling Out Birthright Israel's Discrimination Against Palestinians
LOYOLA UNIVERSITY- Chicago students affiliated with the student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will attend an administrative hearing scheduled this Thursday, October 30 to respond to allegations made against the group after Palestinian students lined up on September 9, 2014 to try to register for a Birthright Israel trip to highlight its discrimination against Palestinians.
CAIR Launches Islamophobia.org
This month CAIR launched Islamophobia.org, a website dedicated to documenting and exposing groups, as well as individuals, promoting Islamophobia in the United States.
COMMUNITY ALERT: Know Your Rights, Youth Workshops, Hate Crimes, and Media Assistance
Our office works with a number of youth, immigration, civil rights and interfaith organizations, and we have also presented on these issues with our partner organizations. Please contact our office if you have any questions, suggestions or would like us to come to your community to give a presentation on any of these topics, or meet to discuss any of these issues.
CAIR-Chicago Presents at Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
August 21st 2014, CAIR Chicago's Staff Attorney Rabya Khan spoke on a panel concerning Data Deficit, Underreporting, and Community Concerns.