Aymen Abdel Halim, the communications coordinator for Chicago’s Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), described the bill as a violation of citizens’ constitutional and civil rights. “This is kind of a widespread action against all Americans,” he said. “What we are seeing is a continued erosion of our civil liberties.”

“Change” is the word that still lingers the minds and hearts of over 400 Chicagoans who gathered on November 3 at the Spertus Institute and Grant Park to commemorate the election of President Barack Obama. And they wanted to make sure that the word remained important to Obama as well.

CAIR-Chicago joined ICIRR at a press conference to introduce a letter calling on President Barack Obama to move forward on comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) this year. U.S. Representatives Luis V. Gutierrez, Danny K. Davis, and Mike Quigley also attended to show their continued support for CIR.

A wave of hope flowed through me after I read, “Democrats may probe secret CIA program” in your July 13 issue. I am glad that some of the Democratic lawmakers are planning to dig deeper into the CIA’s practices and the Bush Administration’s counter-terrorism methods.

Ugyan hatalmas áttörést nem okozott Barack Obama amerikai elnök kairói beszéde, de mindenképpen jelzés a muzulmánok számára, hogy változik az amerikai stratégia a Közel-Keleten.

“I don’t trust Obama… he’s an Arab!” This was the charge leveled by a supporter at a recent McCain rally.

“Muslim liaison for presidential campaign resigns after connections to Muslim community are found.”

No, that’s not a fake headline from The Onion’s parody team. It’s the gist of a real story announcing the resignation of Mazen Asbahi from his position as the national coordinator for Muslim-American affairs for Barack Obama’s campaign.

“Muslim liaison for presidential campaign resigns after connections to Muslim community are found.”

No, that’s not a fake headline from The Onion, the popular newspaper parodying everyday political and cultural absurdities. And no, it’s not the concept of a skit from “Saturday Night Live.”

Sen. Barack Obama’s director of Muslim outreach has resigned amid controversy, just a few weeks after joining Obama’s presidential campaign.
Attorney Mazen Asbahi started working as the campaign’s outreach coordinator on July 26, and he resigned on Monday. In a letter, he said he was stepping down “to avoid distracting from Barack Obama’s message of change,” the Associated Press reported.

America’s largest Islamic civil liberties group on Wednesday defended Sen. Barack Obama after the Democratic presidential candidate’s Muslim-outreach coordinator resigned because of a brief association with a suspected Muslim extremist.