CAIR-Chicago filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Muslim man who applied for a position with the Chicago Police Department.

In a successful bid on behalf of a Muslim man, CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling secured a settlement through the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

This April 29, Ahmed Rehab, the Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago was invited to lecture at the Institute of Diplomatic Studies in Cairo, Egypt. The Institute is a part of Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On May 6, 2008 CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson participated in the last session of a three-part series of a trilateral interfaith dialogue sponsored by the Bernardin Center of the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park. The series featured a speaker from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faiths, while inviting community clergy, leaders, and activists from various faith institutions and organizations.

On May 1, 2008 CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson joined the “Imaginary Coordinates” Exhibition Opening Reception at Spertus Museum. The exhibiton featured the work of Irit Rogoff, a Professor of Visual Culture at the Department of Visual Cultures at the University of London.

CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator, Reem Rahman, spoke about faith based activism at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 16 and 17, 2008. Rahman discussed the theological, historical, and the current narratives that inform and shape faith based activism by Muslims.

A federal district court approved the application of a Muslim man who had been waiting over seven years for a decision on his naturalization application.

CAIR-Chicago joined the Council on Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) in its first Prison Workers’ Summit this Saturday, April 19 at the Downtown Islamic Center.

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Tricia Kemling attended an update interview with a man who has been waiting for almost four years for citizenship.

150 religious leaders representing 5 faiths, including 35 Muslim leaders, met with Pope Benedict XVI during an interfaith dinner, which CAIR-Chicago hopes will mark improved bridge-building and tolerance between the world's two largest faith communities.

CAIR-Chicago Files Employment Discrimination on Behalf of Muslim Man

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, spoke last Thursday at the University of Arizona during Islamic Awareness Week organized by the local Muslim Student Association. Rehab addressed a packed auditorium of Muslims and non-Muslims about Islam and the media. While Rehab insisted that there is no media conspiracy against Islam, he warned that many reports tend to be selective and reductionist. He added that the main problem area was not the news reporting but the news commentary in which opinion gets mixed with the facts and bias can more easily take hold.

CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator Reem Rahman joined the Islamic Foundation School (IFS) Fundraising Banquet as a moderator this Saturday April 19, 2008 and congratulated the IFS on its continued commitment to quality education

CAIR-Chicago Government Affairs Coordinator, Shahzeen Karim and Sensitivity Training Coordinator Veronica Zapata, presented a lecture this April 10, 2008 to a group of undergraduate classmen at Loyola University regarding political activism of American Muslims and the impact Muslim organizations have had in the community

About 100 high school students from across the Chicagoland area attended the first official Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) sponsored by CAIR-Chicago this April 5-6, 2008. During the two-day event, students attended workshops, presentations, and worked together to draft proposals for future projects they hope will bring about positive changes in their communities.

In an effort to address concerns of the Muslim community, delegates from CAIR-Chicago recently visited Capitol Hill with CAIR members from across the nation.

CAIR-Chicago and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois (ACLU-IL) came together Saturday, March 29, 2008 to present “Know Your Rights and the FBI” a workshop aimed at educating the community about their rights when dealing with law enforcement, particularly the FBI.

In a much anticipated official launch, the new MYLS initiative welcomes 100 select students from 5 Muslim schools scattered around the Chicagoland area for a two full-day program on the weekend of April 5 and 6 at the Mosque Foundation Community Center

CAIR-Chicago Volunteer Attorney Rima Kapitan, a partner at Amal Law Group, represented a Muslim woman at a status hearing regarding her employment discrimination complaint.

This week, CAIR-Chicago joined a broad coalition advocating for the Access to Religious Ministry Act, which seeks to ensure religious workers’ reasonable access to immigrant detainees in county jails across the state