A national report released locally today by the Chicago office of a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group indicates a 25 percent increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2005 to 2006, with citizenship delays being the major issue.

The number of civil rights complaints filed by Muslim-Americans increased by about 40 percent in Illinois last year, according to a report released today by a national Islamic civil liberties group.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today resolved a citizenship delay case that has been pending for the past five years.

DePaul University recently acted to deny tenure to Professors Norman Finkelstein and Mehrene Larudee.

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) has filed a complaint with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations on behalf of a Muslim employee who allegedly suffered discrimination in the workplace.

Tawfiq Ali is CAIR-Chicago's first Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Fellow. Tawfiq is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy.

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi represented a Muslim woman who had experienced misconduct by local police.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham attended the Chicago Bar Association Legal Aid Committee Meeting

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham will be working with the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR) in a program in collaboration with the Pegasus Theater entitled the “Acting Free” Program

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham and Staff Attorney Rima Kapitan attended a meeting held by the American Friends Service Committee regarding issues facing cab drivers in Chicago

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

A Muslim man participated in the oath ceremony for citizenship along with approximately 140 other individuals being naturalized.

CAIR-Chicago Attorney Bitta Mostoffi represented a man in a status hearing regarding his citizenship delay.

CAIR-Chicago Government Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed and Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi held a community briefing on comprehensive immigration reform, along with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights and Mosque Foundation

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

CAIR-Chicago Attorney Rima Kapitan represented a Muslim woman in a mediation session with the EEOC. The woman's hours were reduced immediately after she began wearing a headscarf (hijab).

CAIR-Chicago Government Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed spoke out in favor of comprehensive immigration reform

CAIR-Chicago Attorneys Heena Musabji and Bitta Mostofi represented clients in status hearings for complaints filed in federal court regarding citizenship delays

CAIR-Chicago Attorney Bitta Mostofi represented a client experiencing citizenship delay in an update interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Two clients in CAIR-Chicago’s Citizenship Delay Project were naturalized after long delays in obtaining their citizenship.