
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS - CHICAGO | DEFENDING CIVIL RIGHTS. FIGHTING BIGOTRY. PROMOTING TOLERANCE

A Muslim man was chosen to be laid off from work, despite his superior education and work experience to other employees who were not laid-off.
A Muslim university student attending a Christian university was being required to attend weekly Christian devotional prayer services.
A Muslim man was issued citizenship after filing a complaint in federal court. CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Heena Musabji represented the man in his complaint against USCIS.
CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a Muslim man in an administrative hearing for unemployment benefits.
What: “The Current Threat to Civil Liberties”
CAIR-Chicago’s Staff Attorney Heena Musabji represented a client at a status hearing regarding a delay in his naturalization application.
CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab, Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham, and Staff Attorney Heena Musabji met with the FBI’s Community Liaison.
The trial of a man charged with aggravated battery has been continued until next month. The man and another attacker is alleged to have beat a teenaged Arab boy with a led pipe.
CAIR-Chicago Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar met with the police chief of a local police department to discuss a matter that arose when two Muslim men were stopped by a local police officer.
Join Chicago-area peace groups to take a “Stand Against Torture” and act in solidarity with others nation-wide protesting the 5 year anniversary of the first prisoners being brought to Guantanamo Bay.