CAIR-Chicago Director of Communications, Ahmed Rehab, recently appeared on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight with Phil Ponce on PBS 11 along with MAS Executive Director, Mahdi Bray, and IFYC’s Umnia Khan to talk about the hot and current Muslim-American issues.

Maaria Mozaffar, CAIR-Chicago’s Legal Advisor met with several representatives from a local university, including the Head of the Chemistry Department, faculty members of the Department, the Dean of Students and members of the Office of Equity and Access to resolve an issue of discrimination involving a Muslim undergraduate student.

Since beginning its Citizenship Delay Project with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), CAIR-Chicago has received word that four of the delayed cases have cleared and these applicants have been granted citizenship status.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed participated in a follow-up strategy planning meeting with ICIRR on Saturday, January 14, 2006 at St. Francis of Assisi.

The CAIR-Chicago team, as a part of national non-partisan Muslim political mobilization effort, held Eidul Adha voter registration drives at major mosques in the Chicagoland Area.

Having returned safely home to his family from his recent mission to Jordan and Iraq where he lobbied for the release of US journalist Jill Carroll, Nihad Awad is now preparing to travel to Chicago next week to address CAIR-Chicago's annual event.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed, along with other members of the Civil Liberties Coalition of Illinois (CLCI), met with the District Director for Congresswoman Melissa Bean on Monday, January 9, 2006 at her district office in Schaumburg.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed took part in the Data Evaluation subcommittee meeting on Monday, January 9, 2006 at 2:00 PM at the James R. Thompson Center.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended a Democrats’ Candidate Forum on Sunday, January 8, 2006 at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines (ICCD).

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator attended a leadership strategy meeting at the ICIRR office on Wednesday, December 21, 2005.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator attended a press conference on Wednesday, December 21st, 2005 held by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

CAIR-Chicago's executive director, Yaser Tabbara, attended a breakfast event hosted by Chicago Police Superintendent, Philip Kline.

CAIR-Chicago helped to amicably resolve a situation involving an area public school’s negative portrayal of Islam and Muslims during a presentation on gang violence.

The recent vandalism of the mosque inside of the Kabab Korner restaurant in Chicago’s Greektown is now being investigated as a hate crime.

At a meeting with several community-based organizations last week, including CAIR-Chicago, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky’s Office offered to file a Congressional Inquiry regarding the citizenship delays of immigrants who appear to be mainly from the Middle Eastern, Eastern European Jewish, and Korean communities.

The "Sacrifice for Our Neighbors project" resulted in a donation of over 20,000 pounds of beef to the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD) last year.

Dina Rehab, Outreach Coordinator, met with Manuel Medina of the Chicago Public School's Office of Language and Cultural Education to discuss several projects that involve the dissemination of accurate information on Islam.

With the 2006 March Primary election fast approaching, candidates from the Democrat and Republican parties are campaigning and reaching out to communities that have been hidden in the shadows.

A group of peace activist met with the Chief of Staff of Senator Richard Durbin and senior staff members of Senator Obama at Senator Durbin's office on to mark the 1,000th day of U.S. occupation of Iraq.