Lombard Community members came to an agreement that the current parking ban unfairly targets Muslims and should be reformed.

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Intern Samina Sulemanjee met with Ryann Zalewski, an Executive Board Member of the National Lawyers Guild Chicago chapter (NLG), to discuss the planning of a speaker-panel event in November.

CAIR-Chicago joined the “Hotel Workers Rising” Campaign earlier on this month. In addition to this campaign, our Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar has been in negotiations with a local Hilton Hotel concerning a complaint of discrimination received from a Muslim employee.

CAIR-Chicago’s Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar has been involved in a series of negotiations with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department concerning a discrimination complaint filed by a Muslim officer of this department.

Nine Muslim men from the Chicago region have filed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. government violated their civil rights by delaying their citizenship requests.

The ongoing case of Jose Padilla should be a major concern for all American citizens who care for their civil rights (“High court urged to take appeal from Padilla,” Oct. 28).

(Milwaukee, WI – October 20, 2005) – CAIR-Chicago’s Director of Communications, Ahmed Rehab, and Civil Rights Coordinator, Christina Abraham, organized a press conference in collaboration with Officer Ayman Khatib’s legal counsel, Robert Mihelich to address a complaint filed by Officer Khatib for race, religious, and national origin discrimination against the City of Milwaukee Police Department.

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Department has launched its Police Misconduct Project to address complaints of Muslims being mistreated by the police. This project is currently being coordinated under Civil Rights intern, Hasan Ali.

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Department has launched a Prison Project, being coordinated by civil rights intern, Mariyam Hussain.

Although we live in the United States, a country ruled by a Constitution and Bill of Rights which stress an individual’s freedom from government intrusion, the Sun-Times editorial board would rather we live under a repressive, meddling dictator just so that we can live in complete security, free from all threats of outside attacks (“Check prying Patriot, but don’t take all its teeth,” Oct. 13).