CAIR-Chicago's Outreach Coordinator, Dina Rehab, gave a presentation on Women's Rights in Islam as part of a Women's Studies class at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at Northwestern University. The class is composed of retired professional women.

CAIR-Chicago's primary Governmental Relations endeavor, Project O, is moving forward as scheduled. CAIR-Chicago's team of dedicated weekly volunteers has identified all the registered American Muslim voters in the 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 13th Congressional Districts of Illinois for entry into our database of registered Muslim voters.

Muslims move in, but facilities often fought Invitations were delivered to every neighbor along Old Orchard Road in Harvard. But when the day arrived to meet the likely new owners of the brick church at the end of their street, no one showed up.

Ann Coulter, Time Magazine, 4/25/05 http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050425/story.html Ann Coulter: "Liberals are about to become the last people to figure out that Arabs lie."

Ahmed Rehab talks to Flashpoints' Solange Etcheverriez on Pacifica National Radio about anti-Muslim hate crimes in Chicago.

The FBI is investigating racist and threatening phone calls to a Muslim couple in Chicago Ridge, a national advocacy group official said Friday.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today reported that the FBI is investigating a number of racist phone threats made against a Chicago Ridge Muslim family.

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 4/6/05) - CAIR is urging members of the American Muslim community and other people of conscience to contact their elected representatives and ask that they co-sponsor the recently introduced 'Security and Freedom Enhancement (SAFE) Act," designed to repeal unconstitutional sections of the original USA PATRIOT Act.

Following Sept. 11, more than 1,200 Arab and Muslim immigrants were detained and arrested.

The significance of our recent organizing effort in Orland Park is apparent in the numbers. Before the pilot project in Orland Park, approximately 700 Muslim voters were registered in the village; after the mobilization, approximately 1,000 eligible Muslim voters, a 40% increase, are registered.

Elderhostel works with Muslims on education project Under the silver dome of the Islamic Cultural Center in Northbrook, the young boy lifted his hands to his ears and raised his voice sounding the afternoon call to prayer.

Last week, World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali launched Bridges TV, the first 24-hour English Language American-Muslim Television Channel, in Chicagoland on WOW! Cable. So far, Comcast Cable, Chicagoland?s top cable provider, is not offering Bridges TV for a perceived lack of public support for this type of programming.

On Monday, March 21, Fadi Farhan, CAIR-Chicago’s Director of Governmental Relations met with staffers from the following congressional offices: Congresswoman Judy Biggert (13th District-IL), Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th District-IL), Congressman Rahm Emanuel (5th District-IL), Congressman Luis V. Gutierrez (4th District-IL), Congressman Daniel W. Lipinski (3rd District-IL), and Congressman Bobby Rush (1st District-IL).

Contact Dell to request that they rehire the Muslim workers pending a mutually-agreeable resolution of the dispute.

Fadi Farhan, Governmental Relations Director of CAIR-Chicago as well as a member of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview, the Southwest Organizing Project (SWOP), and the Muslim Civil Rights Center (MCRC), met with State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins of the 16th District to discuss the issue of Muslim charitable contributions in Illinois.

Yaser Tabbara and Fadi Farhan, Executive and Governmental Relations Directors, respectively, of CAIR-Chicago participated in Congressman Daniel Lipinski's (IL – 3rd District) townhall meeting on Saturday, February 19, 2005, along with members of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Instituto Del Progreso Latino, United Power for Action and Justice, and Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview.

Concerned about Saudi Arabian influence on American religious life, a Washington-based international watchdog group visited 15 American mosques to check for Saudi-published tracts, magazines and books.

On January 30th the people of Iraq voted for their new leader in what is said to be a triumph for democracy and freedom. However, there are still several problems that must be addressed before victory is declared.