CAIR Chicago, a local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is launching its new online center on January 20th, 2005 at 8:00am.

1. Please call each of your local Fox television stations and ask to speak to the person who handles public service announcements and/or programming. That person is usually, but not always, the "Public Service Director."

Orland Park's controversial mosque is rising out of the dark mud of its site along 104th Avenue. More than three months after the developer broke ground, the foundation has been placed and steel bars are being installed for the walls of the Orland Park Prayer Center.

On Friday, January 14, CNN's Paula Zahn Now will air a segment on American Muslims' responses to a Cornell University study indicating that 44 percent of Americans were in favor of curbing their civil rights. The program airs at 8 p.m. EST.

The first new episode this season of Fox's 24 has yet to hit the screen and already the network has offended a Muslim group.

Harnessing the utapped treasure of talent and expertise that currently lies dormant in our community is one of CAIR-Chicago's primary goals. It is a cost-effective, grassroot initiative that promises to be the heartbeat of our efforts to uplift the social and political standing of Chicago's Muslim community.

1. Any returning pilgrims who believe their constitutional rights have been violated should call CAIR's "Hajji Hotline" at 1-800-784-7526. During business hours, the hotline number rolls over to CAIR's Washington, D.C., switchboard. After hours during the Hajj, a recording will give cell phone numbers for CAIR civil rights staff and the latest information on the legal rights of U.S. citizens at border crossings.

Local religious leaders say they are responding to the tsunamis’ devastation in South Asia through prayers, meditation and fund-raising.

A Carol Stream man fired from a manufacturing company is accusing his former employer of religious discrimination in retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Employee Allegedly Called 'Terrorist,' Told He Would Be Shot CHICAGO, IL --The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today announced that a Muslim worker of Pakistani origin in Illinois has filed a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit against AFI Industries.

A recent letter in response to mine intrigued me. The writer asked how we should treat our local Muslim population given that I stated we are in World War III with most of them.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today announced that a Muslim worker of Pakistani origin in Illinois has filed a religious and national origin discrimination lawsuit against AFI Industries.

Area religious groups alter traditions, messages to remember the dead and offer help to survivors of the earthquake and tsunami in South Asia

And we leave you with a belated and un-Christmasy Christmas thought given to us by none other than that the liberal-blasting, knock-you-off-your-seat Ann Coulter, as posted on her Web site last week.

On Friday, December 31, Muslims in Chicago will offer prayers for those who died as a result of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Asia. The prayers, called salat al-ghaib (sa-laat-all-guy-ib), or "prayers for those who have died in a distant place," will be held following the regular Friday Jum'ah prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center and the Mosque Foundation, as well as other area mosques.

(Washington, D.C., 12/27/04) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today asked members of the American Muslim community and all people of conscience worldwide to offer humanitarian assistance and pray for the victims in Sunday's tsunamis in southern Asia.

CAIR's library project has received 7836 sponsorships for $150 book and tape packages on Islam to be placed in libraries across the country.

A US court has ordered three Islamic charities and an alleged fund-raiser for Palestinian resistance group Hamas to pay $156 million to the parents of an American teenager killed outside a Jewish colony.

Three Islamic groups and an alleged fund-raiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas are expected to appeal the $156 million in damages they are being ordered to pay in the death of an American teenager at the hands of Hamas gunmen.

CHICAGO -- The parents of a U.S.-born Jewish teen killed by Palestinian militants near a West Bank bus stop eight years ago call a $156 million federal court award against three Islamic charities and an alleged Hamas fundraiser "justice."