Less than one week after sending a letter to Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, a Muslim rights advocate organization says it has been reassured that Chicago police will not undertake blanket surveillance of the city’s Muslim population.

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy vowed at a meeting with a local Muslim leader Tuesday to confine his department's surveillance activities to those that pursue "criminal leads," and to avoid the type of widespread spying allegedly carried out by New York police.

See what Illinois government officials have to say about CAIR-Chicago!

CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, wants Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to clarify his position on the NYPD spying program and also to assure Muslims that a spying operation has not been implemented in Chicago.

CAIR-Chicago's Ahmed Rehab and Sabeel Ahmed from Gain Peace discuss battling anti-Muslim rhetoric fueled by the presidential campaign by using tactics including a television ad campaign and public forums against bigotry.

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, expressed concern over the revelation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy's involvement in the NYPDs spying on Muslims.

CAIR Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, responds to Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy's involvement in spying on Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab speaks to the Wall Street Journal regarding the NYPD secret operation of spying on Muslims, and the Chicago connection

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab speaks to ABC regarding the NYPD secret operation of spying on Muslims, and the Chicago connection.

CAIR-Chicago is proud to announce the speakers and awardees of our 8th Annual Banquet on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012!

Khader Adnan, a Palestinian detained by the Israeli army, received international attention as he went on a hunger strike for 66 days protesting his violent arrest and indefinite detention.

Over one year ago, opposition protests began in Syria. Chicago's Syrian community immediately began protesting at home, and trying to raise as much awareness about the issues in their country as possible. Perhaps the most notable population of the Syrian community in the Chicagoland area which took control of organizing protests were its youth.

Politicians are using Christianity as a religious tool to gain votes and advance their own agendas, while other religions such as Islam suffer the consequences.

While negative stereotypes of Muslim women are perpetuated through the media, it becomes important to challenge them. This article is the first in a two-part series that dispels common myths that skew the public's perception of Muslim women.

In a December 2011 interview with Barbara Walters, Assad’s calm exterior reflected not his discomfort about the probing questions he was being asked, but that he is a very capable liar—or that he lives in his own fantasy world.

On Monday, February 6th, Communications Coordinators Aymen Abdel Halim and Amina Sharif presented a lecture on Islam and the media for a class at DePaul University in Lincoln Park.

According to the AP article released on February 2, 2012 the NYPD Secret Intelligence Strategy Report for the Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, titled “US-Iran Conflict: The Threat to New York City.”

While kosher meals for the Jewish community are taken into consideration by politicians, halal meals for Muslims are essentially not discussed.

On February 4, approximately 2,000 people marched in protest against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago and ICIRR board member, spoke on a panel at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights titled, “Framing the debate: Preaching beyond the choir.”