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Associated Press: Muslim Woman Who Hit Cops Over Scarf: Guilty
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Muslim woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after a clash with Arlington Heights police last year at an immigration rights demonstration.
WGN-TV: Muslim woman says police forcibly removed her headscarf
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Associated Press: Muslim woman pleads guilty to battery charge
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Muslim woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after a clash with Arlington Heights police last year at an immigration rights demonstration.
Daily Herald: Rhetoric flows as 4 plead guilty in protest
The court cases against four young adults arrested in Arlington Heights during an October protest aimed at the Chicago Minuteman Project, an anti-illegal immigration group, ended Tuesday with guilty pleas by all.
Chicago Tribune: 4 plead guilty for roles in protest
After months of complaints about the conduct of Arlington Heights police, four protesters pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor battery charges for their roles in a demonstration last fall outside a meeting of the Chicago Minuteman Project.
CBS 2 News: Muslim Woman Who Hit Cops Over Scarf: Guilty
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - A 24-year-old Muslim woman has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after a clash with Arlington Heights police last year at an immigration rights demonstration.
Chicago Sun-Times: Protesters plead guilty but claim victory
Four activists accused of fighting with police during a raucous immigration protest in Arlington Heights were sentenced Tuesday to court supervision and community service work after they pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.
Daily Herald: Police criticized for hijab incident
Leaders of an Islamic civil rights organization appeared in court Tuesday to criticize Arlington Heights police for pulling off the hijab, or head scarf, of Rehana Kahn while she was being arrested during an October protest.
Chicago Tribune: Protester at center of controversy pleads guilty
After months of complaints about the conduct of Arlington Heights police, four protesters pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor battery charges for their roles in a demonstration last fall outside a meeting of the Chicago Minuteman Project.
Daily Herald: Protester trial will have protest of its own
The Cook County sheriff’s police are mobilizing additional officers to the Rolling Meadows courthouse today for the start of a jury trial of five Chicago residents arrested during an immigration protest in Arlington Heights in October.
ABC 7: VIDEO: Protestors plead guilty to charges from immigration rally
Four young protesters pleaded guilty to charges from an immigration rights rally in Arlington Heights last October. Tuesday's negotiated court settlement does not settle the claim of one of the protesters that her religious rights were violated.
NBC 5: VIDEO: Muslims Claim Police Tore Headscarf Off
Tonight`s "Under the Radar" segment comes to us from Arlington Heights, Illinois. That`s where a 24-year-old Muslim woman, Rehana Khan, says police violated her religious principles by removing her head scarf after arresting her for battery, to which she later pled guilty.
MSNBC: Ahmed Rehab Discusses The Arlington Heights Hijab Case on MSNBC's "The Situation With Tucker Carlson"
Tonight`s "Under the Radar" segment comes to us from Arlington Heights, Illinois. That`s where a 24-year-old Muslim woman, Rehana Khan, says police violated her religious principles by removing her head scarf after arresting her for battery, to which she later pled guilty.
Chicago Tribune: Scarf pulled off by cops, Muslims say
Dozens of area Muslims have placed protest calls to Arlington Heights Mayor Arlene Mulder demanding that charges against a Muslim civil rights protester be dropped after allegations were made that police ripped off the woman's headscarf during her October arrest.
Daily Southtown: Who knew 'Axis of Evil' is funny?
In the soft-stepping months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Egyptian-born comedian Ahmed Ahmed was angry. Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate crimes had zoomed up 1,000 percent.
dailytimes.com.pk: Police ripped off Muslim girl’s hijab
The trial of Rehana Khan, a Muslim girl of Pakistani-descent from Illinois who had her headscarf or hijab ripped off after she and several others were arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at a rally for immigrant rights last year, has finally been scheduled for April 25.
dawn.com: Girl, four others face four-year jail term
NEW YORK, April 23: The trial involving Rehana Khan, a Muslim girl of Pakistani-origin who had her headscarf (or hijab) ripped off after she and several others were arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at a rally for immigrants’ rights last year, has been scheduled for April 25.
despardes.com: Muslim Girl's Hijab Ripped off by Police at Anti-Minuteman Protest
The trial involving Rehana Khan, a Muslim girl of Pakistani-descent who had her headscarf (hijab) ripped off after she and several others were arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at a rally for immigrant rights last year has finally been scheduled next week.
WBBM Newsradio: CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Comments on Potential Military Action Against Iran -- Listen here
"...CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab says if the US were to go into Iran it would only destabilize an already volatile region..
Daily Herald: Inching Toward Understanding
Born in Belarus and raised in Buffalo Grove, surrounded by Jewish immigrants like himself, Jacob Katz grew up knowing little of Islam and less of Muslims.

