Dear Ms. Kudaimi:

Thank you for your note. As I hope you would understand, Congressman Kirk’s remarks reflected his views on this issue, not those of Northwestern University.

Dear President Bienen,

On November 5 Congressman Mark Kirk spoke at the 2005 International Institute for Nanotechnology Symposium taking place at Tech.

Twenty-five immigrant and civil rights groups on Friday joined a Muslim organization in demanding U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) apologize for remarks he made condoning discrimination against some Arabs.

Pressure is mounting on U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk to retract his recent comments he made that it is OK to discriminate against “young Arab males from terror-producing states.”

A Muslim civil rights group demanded an apology Wednesday from U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) for remarks he made condoning discrimination against some Arabs.

Rep. Mark Kirk of Highland Park made what he admitted were “politically uncomfortable” remarks Saturday when asked about the difficulties of the visa process for immigrants entering the United States.

CAIR-Chicago participated in a bus tour, organized by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute from the School of Continuing Studies at Northwestern University. The tour explores Chicago’s Arab Muslim and Christian Communities.

CAIR-Chicago’s Outreach Coordinator, Dina Rehab, gave a presentation on Women’s Rights in Islam as part of a Women’s Studies class at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Northwestern University. The class is composed of retired professional women.

Following Sept. 11, more than 1,200 Arab and Muslim immigrants were detained and arrested.