CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed and Governmental Relations Intern Serim Cetin went to Springfield Illinois on Thursday, March 23, 2006 with the Inner city Muslim Action Network.

CAIR-Chicago volunteers knocked on close to 150 doors in the third congressional district to encourage registered voters to go to the polls on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.

CAIR-Chicago Incoming Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham met with U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) Director of Field Operations Robert Gomez and Assistant Director of the Chicago Field Office Brian Humphrey.

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Department has been conducting an active Get Out the Vote Campaign.

The CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Department has been working to organize the Muslim community in the third congressional district by leading several political mobilization efforts.

CAIR-Chicago was present for a Public Truth Hearing on behalf of Muhammad Salah, the Bridgeview man being indicted based on confessions he signed while under torture by the Israeli army approximately 10 years ago.

CAIR-Chicago Communications Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham, along with a number of Muslim community leaders, met with representatives from the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and local FBI and DHS officials.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed and Governmental Relations Intern John Rush attended a candidates’ forum for the upcoming primary election in the 3rd congressional district on Thursday, March 9 in the southwest suburbs.

CAIR-Chicago assisted in re-uniting a Muslim immigrant detainee with his family.

CAIR-Chicago Communications Director Ahmed Rehab and Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed met with Democratic candidate Christine Cegalis running for U.S. Congress on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in her Lombard campaign headquarters.

On Monday March 6th, CAIR-Chicago and community members attended a vigil at the Chicago Federal Plaza to peacefully protest the closed hearings determining the admissibility of torture induced confessions in the Muhammad Salah case.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended a meeting of the Governor’s Racial Profiling Taskforce on Monday March 6 at the J.R. Thompson Center.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a woman at an unemployment benefits hearing.

CAIR-Chicago and social service organization Apna Ghar delivered ten Qurans to the Department of Homeland Security in order to send them to McHenry County Jail, which houses a substantial number of immigration detainees.

Friis Arne Peterson, Ambassador of Denmark to the United States, yesterday met at the Council offices with a delegation of Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar represented a Muslim man who had been contacted by the FBI for a voluntary interview.

CAIR-Chicago filed a complaint with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) against an Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Children and Family Services alleging bias.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Yaser Tabbara and Prison Project Coordinator Mariyam Hussain met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in order to discuss various immigration detention concerns including phone access, halal food, and sensitivity training.

The Danish Cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad have commanded world headlines for the past few weeks. Below is a digest of CAIR-Chicago’s community and media activism in response to this controversy:

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a Muslim woman at a meeting with her employers to address issues of discrimination, sexual harassment, and a hostile work environment brought on by her co-workers and direct supervisor.