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	<title>CAIR-Chicago &#187; Features</title>
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	<description>Ignorance is the Enemy</description>
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		<title>Communications Coordinators present on media and Islam at DePaul University</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/09/communications-coordinators-present-lecture-on-the-media-and-islam-at-depaul-university/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amina Sharif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aymen Abdel Halim]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communications Coordinator]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marda Dunsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, February 6th, Communications Coordinators Aymen Abdel Halim and Amina Sharif presented a lecture on Islam and the media for a class at DePaul University in Lincoln Park.]]></description>
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		<title>Religious equality means both kosher and halal meals</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/08/religious-equality-means-both-kosher-and-halal-meals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opinion Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2003 bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAIR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel Gamez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[halal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[loonwatch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muslims]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pamela Geller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pledge of allegiance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rana Khatib]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While kosher meals for the Jewish community are taken into consideration by politicians, halal meals for Muslims are essentially not discussed.]]></description>
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		<title>ACTA:  International Online Censorship</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/07/acta-international-online-censorship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/07/acta-international-online-censorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dima</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-piracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[copyright infringement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dima Ansari]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EFF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PIPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On February 4, approximately 2,000 people marched in protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.]]></description>
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		<title>Buy Tickets for our 8th Annual Banquet &#8211; Speakers to be announced soon!</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/02/buy-tickets-for-our-8th-annual-banquet-speakers-to-be-announced-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/02/buy-tickets-for-our-8th-annual-banquet-speakers-to-be-announced-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[annual banquet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drury Lane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fundraiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oakbrook Terrace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our 8th Annual Banquet is set to take place on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., at Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Please mark your calendars and show your support by attending.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmed Rehab to speak at ICIRR Immigrant Integration Summit &#8211; February 4, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/01/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-immigrant-integration-summit-february-4-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/02/01/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-immigrant-integration-summit-february-4-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Our News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmed Rehab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddie Acevedo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Harris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICIRR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus Garcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Hernandez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luis V. Gutierrez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm X College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Madigan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Quinn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[richard durbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robyn Gabel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toni Preckwinkle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director Ahmed Rehab will be speaking at the ICIRR "One Nation, One Dream" Immigrant Integration Summit at Malcolm X College this Saturday. The 2nd annual summit will feature 18 different workshops ranging from issues such as health care and deportations to politics and citizenship.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch government moves closer to banning the niqab and burqa</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/31/dutch-government-falls-for-islamophobia-strips-muslim-women%e2%80%99s-right-to-wear-niqab/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/31/dutch-government-falls-for-islamophobia-strips-muslim-women%e2%80%99s-right-to-wear-niqab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aabeda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[abaya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belgium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burqa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maxime Verhagen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[racism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a controversial legal step taken by the Dutch Parliament, the Cabinet has proposed to pass legislation that bans the traditional Muslim garments, the niqab and burqa, by 2013.]]></description>
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		<title>Is the Arab League helping solve the conflict in Syria?</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/30/is-the-arab-league-helping-solve-the-conflict-in-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/30/is-the-arab-league-helping-solve-the-conflict-in-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion Corner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aleppo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arab League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damascus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lebanese border]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[protesters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rana Khatib]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cairchicago.org/?p=18033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though the Arab League has demanded that the Syrian government halt their brutality against protesters, the death toll continues to rise.]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmed Rehab to speak at Islamic Center of Naperville &#8211; January 27, 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-islamic-center-of-naperville-january-27-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-islamic-center-of-naperville-january-27-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leena</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events/Workshops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Features]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ahmed Rehab]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ICN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamic Center of Naperville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Islamophobia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Executive Director Ahmed Rehab will be speaking at the Islamic Center of Naperville at Ogden on Friday, January 27. He will be discussing Islamophobia, focusing on origins and practical solutions for tackling Islamophobes and anti-Muslim ideologies.]]></description>
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		<title>The story of Guantanamo survivor Murat Kurnaz</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/the-story-of-guantanamo-survivor-murat-kurnaz/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/the-story-of-guantanamo-survivor-murat-kurnaz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aabeda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAIR Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guantanamo Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Murat Kurnaz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories emerging from Guantanamo Bay are brutal, violent, and are obscured into darkness - usually never reaching the general public. One such story covered by The New York Times, is of Murat Kurnaz, who was proved innocent by the U.S. after suffering years of torture for the crimes he never committed.]]></description>
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		<title>Become a sponsor of CAIR-Chicago&#8217;s 8th Annual Banquet!</title>
		<link>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/become-a-sponsor-for-cair-chicagos-8th-annual-banquet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cairchicago.org/2012/01/18/become-a-sponsor-for-cair-chicagos-8th-annual-banquet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aymen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drury Lane]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sponsorship packages include ads in our Program Booklet, tickets to our event, and a vendor display table for your business or organization. To become a sponsor or for more information, email Sufyan Sohel, Deputy Director of CAIR-Chicago, at <a href="mailto:ssohel@cairchicago.org">ssohel@cairchicago.org</a> or call 312-212-1520.]]></description>
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