1/26/06 – A Muslim man received permission from a state dentist licensing committee to take his clinical exam.

Popular Muslim-American comedian and activist Azhar Usman will emcee CAIR-Chicago's annual event next Saturday February 4th at the Sabre Room in Hickory Hills.

CAIR-Chicago took part in an engaging question & answer dinner session with Congressman Dan Lipinski on Thursday, January 26, 2006 hosted by the Arab American Democratic Club at Nikko’s Restaurant in Bridgeview.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed participated in the data evaluation subcommittee for the Governor’s Racial Profiling Taskforce.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended an electoral training retreat in Mundelein, Illinois on January 20 and 21.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended the Midwest Voting Rights Act Summit sponsored by the ACLU-Illinois on Friday, January 20th, 2006.

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 Civil Rights Coordinator, Christina Abraham, participated in a meeting designed to propose new initiatives to prevent and monitor racial profiling as a part of Governor Blagojevich’s Racial Profiling Task Force.

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 was recently contacted by a Muslim woman who participated in an interview for a Green Card for Permanent Residency.

CAIR-Chicago has recently seen a rise in civil rights violations against Muslims who are traveling.

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