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		<title>Marking 10 years since Guantanamo&#8217;s opening, the ACLU releases report on Guantanamo detainees</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/11/marking-10-years-since-guantanamos-opening-the-aclu-releases-report-on-guantanamo-detainees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aabeda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marking ten years since Guantanamo Bay's opening, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released a report called, “Guantanamo by the Numbers”, describing the cost of running the camp and the treatment of detainees.
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		<title>CAIR-Chicago rallies against National Defense Authorization Act provisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=17262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday December 15th, 2011 - the 220th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights into law - CAIR-Chicago’s deputy director Sufyan Sohel, along with members of the interfaith community, spoke at a rally in Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to oppose new provisions introduced as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.]]></description>
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		<title>ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago calls for hate crime charges in downstate slashing</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/12/08/abc-7-cair-chicago-calls-for-hate-crime-charges-in-downstate-slashing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=17016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["It's something that we must take very seriously," said CAIR-Chicago executive director Ahmed M. Rehab. "CAIR-Chicago is very disturbed by this news. The Muslim community is disturbed. People of conscience are disturbed. We've called police to investigate it, and to prosecute it as a hate crime, because that's what it is."]]></description>
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		<title>Civil Rights, Interfaith Leaders Hold Press Conference to Condemn Controversial Provisions of Senate Bill S. 1867</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/12/08/civil-rights-interfaith-leaders-hold-press-conference-to-condemn-controversial-provisions-of-senate-bill-s-1867/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16994</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, December 8, civil rights and interfaith leaders held a press conference at the CAIR-Chicago office to condemn the controversial new provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) which passed in the Senate last week. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cairchicago/sets/72157628335869313/show/">SEE PHOTOS</a>]]></description>
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		<title>ACTION ALERT: Contact Senators, President Obama and Demand They Reject Detaining U.S. Citizens Without Charge or Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/12/02/action-alert-contact-senators-president-obama-and-demand-they-reject-detaining-u-s-citizens-without-charge-or-trial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Contact your Senators and demand the removal of provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act which will allow the indefinite detainment of American citizens without charging them for any crime or giving them a fair trial.]]></description>
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		<title>WLS Radio 890AM: TSA officer fired over anti-Muslim Facebook posts</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/11/17/wls-radio-890am-tsa-officer-fired-over-anti-muslim-facebook-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/11/17/wls-radio-890am-tsa-officer-fired-over-anti-muslim-facebook-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16653</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago executive director commended the TSA for Egan's firing.  "We made it clear that Egan's discourse was as much an embarrassment to the agency and the values it stands for, as it was an affront against Muslims and other minorities," Rehab said in a statement.]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago applauds TSA’s removal of bigoted employee</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/11/16/press-release-cair-chicago-applauds-tsa%e2%80%99s-removal-of-bigoted-employee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CAIR-Chicago commends the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for taking decisive action against an employee who publically spewed racist and bigoted rants against Muslims, African Americans, Latinos, and Homosexuals. Roy Egan had worked at O’Hare airport for nine years where he checked passenger baggage. ]]></description>
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		<title>Staff Attorney Rabya Khan Back in Nebraska for Depositions on Swift Case</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/11/03/staff-attorney-rabya-khan-back-in-nebraska-for-depositions-on-swift-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Staff Attorney, Rabya Khan, of CAIR-Chicago was back in Grand Island, Nebraska again last week continuing depositions on the JBS Swift Case. CAIR-Chicago is representing about 50 plaintiff intervenors in an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) discrimination lawsuit filed against JBS Swift in 2010.

Khan will be traveling again next week to Minneapolis for defending our clients in their depositions.]]></description>
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		<title>CAIR-Chicago Attorneys Help Iranian-American Become Citizen after Years of Delay</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/11/02/cair-chicago-attorneys-help-iranian-american-become-citizen-after-years-of-delay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIR-Chicago successfully resolved another citizenship delay case this month;  Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham and Litigation Director Kevin Vodak had worked on the case for more than two years.]]></description>
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		<title>PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago Files Bias Suit on Behalf of Fired Muslim Employee</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2011/10/25/press-release-cair-chicago-files-bias-suit-on-behalf-of-fired-muslim-employee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amina</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=16305</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CAIR-Chicago filed a complaint in federal court yesterday against The American Bottling Company on behalf of a Muslim man who was unjustly fired from the company after requesting time off on Fridays for Islamic congregational prayers. ]]></description>
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