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Rabya Khan presents Know Your Rights training this Saturday in Bridgview

This Saturday, November 17th, CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney, Rabya Khan, will conduct a Know Your Rights training on how to interact with law enforcement, including the local police and the FBI.

How the erosion of civil liberties is not just a Muslim issue

European courts have deemed American prisons to be compatible with human rights standards. Chris Hedges, in his op-ed, “What Is Happening to Muslims Will Happen to the Rest of Us,” however, tells us that this is not the case.

FBI counter terrorism measures creating mistrust in American Muslim communities

The FBI have focused their energy on preemptive measures, seeking to discover terrorists before their dreams of destruction can be realized.

Columbia Chronicle: Senate hearing looks to expose domestic extremism

Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations arranged a viewing of the Senate’s hearing on hate crimes and domestic extremism at their headquarters. The hearing focused on exposing hate crimes and preventing domestic extremism in America.

WBEZ: Islamic rights group sounds alarm over grave desecration

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, speaks to WBEZ’s Odette Yousef about the desecration of a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill.

CBS 2: Muslim Headstones Desecrated At Evergreen Park Cemetery

Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Communications Coordinator Aymen Abdel Halim respond to hateful graffiti on a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill.

ABC 7: Gravestone defaced with anti-Islam graffiti

Anti-Muslim graffiti is found on a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, comments.

NBC 5: “Hate graffiti” found on Muslim grave in Illinois

Anti-Islam “hate graffiti” was found spray-painted this week on a Muslim grave at a cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., a local group has discovered.

Chicago Sun-Times: Muslim grave desecrated at Evergreen Park cemetery

Community and religious groups will protest in downtown Chicago on Friday after a Muslim man found his father’s grave desecrated at an Evergreen Park cemetery, an apparent act of vandalism that follows two other incidents targeting Muslim institutions.

PRESS RELEASE: Hate Graffiti Sprayed on Muslim Graves in Illinois

(CHICAGO, 8/17/2012) — The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) said today that Muslim graves at the Evergreen cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., have been spray-painted with anti-Islam hate graffiti.

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