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Herald Net: Celebrating Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday, can be hard in the U.S.

On Wednesday, Ahmet Kulaga prayed alongside hundreds of other Muslims at the Lynnwood Convention Center to celebrate the beginning of Eid al-Adha, a three-day holiday that marks the end of the Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Chicago Tribune: Muslims seek ways to balance proximity of Eid and Christmas

The day after Thanksgiving, Ali Khan drove his two sons to the neighborhood Home Depot to pick out a Christmas tree.

Chicago Sun-Times: Convert Finds True Home in Islam

Aaron Siebert-Llera would wake up wearing the Star of David one day and a cross the next.

But the religion he eventually chose was neither his father’s Jewish faith nor his Mexican-American mother’s Roman Catholicism.

But the religion he eventually chose was neither his father’s Jewish faith nor his Mexican-American mother’s Roman Catholicism.

He chose Islam.

FOX-News: Chicago Muslims Discuss Choosing Islam (VIDEO)

Three Chicago Muslims, including CAIR-Chicago intern Whitney Nickels, discuss their conversion to Islam.

CAIR-Chicago Resolves Misunderstanding about Teaching Islam in Public School

After a Muslim parent had reported to CAIR-Chicago that her daughter’s World Religions course covered all major religions except for Islam

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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator on Radio Islam Discussing the Perception of Muslims in American Society

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham appeared on Radio Islam to discuss the perception of Islam and Muslims by American society

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Speaks on Panel at Columbia College

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham spoke on a panel at Columbia College in Chicago, addressing the students of a course entitled “Human Rights: History, Ideology and Spin

Chicago Tribune: Executive Director Speaks Out: Muslim activist takes on his group’s critics

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, discusses misperceptions about Islam and the smears against his Muslim civl rights organization, in a Q & A with the Chicago Tribune.

“Like all Americans, we have to worry about the security of our country, our communities, and our children in the face of potential terror attacks,” says Rehab.

Chicago Maroon: Experts Debate Islam

Spectators packed Hutchison Commons last Wednesday night to hear renowned Islamic scholar John Esposito’s talk entitled “Understanding Islam in the Modern World,” organized by the Muslim Students Association (MSA).

Chicago Sun-Times Relentless in Anti-Islam Cartoons

A few days ago, members of our media monitor team were quite disturbed to note the publication of the above cartoon portraying the Prophet Muhammad, yet again, as a violent hooligan. The editorial cartoon indicates that it is the Chicago Sun-Times position that Islam is a violent religion.

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