(CHICAGO, 10/07/2005) - As part of a potential class action law suit, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and CAIR-Chicago is asking anyone who has been detained and questioned on return to the US at any border crossing (land or airport) to please contact

Victor Davis Hanson implies in his column that liberals no longer care for people, writing, “the left has often adopted a condescending attitude toward the so-called people, trivializing the folks in the trenches in assorted uniforms and camouflage who supposedly need guidance and moral enlightenment by their elite betters” (“The trenches of our culture wars,” Oct. 7).

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein writes in a letter that the group Sabeel is “belied by its stridently anti-Israel, anti-Jewish message” and has no interest in ensuring that justice for both Israelis and Palestinians comes about when the conflict ends (“Palestinian group questioned,” Oct. 7). Yet Eckstein fails to appreciate how great of a move it is for this group to organize a conference with the purpose of discussing “the active pursuit of justice and peace for Israelis and Palestinians.”

After contacting CAIR-Chicago, several Muslim medical students who had been harassed repeatedly by a colleague finally have the resolution they have been seeking. The colleague would take every opportunity in class and outside to make vulgar and offensive comments about Islam, the Prophet Muhammed, and Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago aided a woman to confront her university’s photo ID policy after she was asked to remove her headscarf (hijab) in order to take a photograph for her student ID. University employees told the woman that she could not wear her headscarf because she was not wearing the headscarf in her driver’s license photograph.

CAIR-Chicago received a complaint in August regarding a Muslim woman who was terminated from her job after a new supervisor openly stated that she didn’t want “Arabians working here.”

WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/06/05) - CAIR today urged American Muslims and other people of conscience to call their elected representatives and ask that a ban on torture by U.S. military personnel be sent to President Bush for his signature.

In the Silk Road Theatre Project's upcoming play, a devout Muslim-American family's seemingly uneventful life quickly skids off the road and slams into a brick wall -- hard.

The Downtown Islamic Center is inviting the homeless to join Chicago area Muslims when they break their fast at sunset every day during the holy month of Ramadan.

CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Yaser Tabbara, spoke today at the Muslim Educational and Cultural Center's (MECCA) third annual interfaith Iftar (breaking of the fast) marking the first day of Ramadan.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today that a prominent local Chicago Mosque will mark the month of Ramadan with daily open house meals, or iftars, for neighbors and the homeless.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced that the Muslim community in Chicago’s Southwestern Suburbs is marking the start of Ramadan by opening its doors to neighbors, interfaith leaders, law enforcement and elected officials.

Supporters of anti-torture legislation gathered together Sunday at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ for a call to formally investigate and end the use of torture in war.

WHAT - Amnesty International, Protestants for the Common Good, and the Justice Coalition of Greater Chicago present "Human Dignity Under Assault: The Use of Torture in the War on Terror".

The start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan officially started on Friday, and local Muslim residents have begun their spiritual rituals of prayer and fasting while renewing their Koran lessons.

CHICAGO, Ill. – On Sat., Sept. 3, 2005, the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) presented an award to Imam W. Deen Mohammed in recognition of his outstanding leadership role in the American Muslim community.

The growing commitment of religious leaders to capitalize on their traditions and holidays as a form of outreach to other faith groups is a wonderful example of the good that comes out of religion (“3 major faiths mark overlapping October holidays,” Sept. 30).

WHAT - Khutbah (Friday Prayer Sermon) SPEAKER - Ahmed Rehab, Director of Communications, CAIR-Chicago

It is hard to understand how the investigation of soldiers allegedly posting photographs of Iraqi corpses on the internet in exchange for access to online pornography has already been dismissed because of lack of evidence. With as much technology as the U.S. Army has, why can it not be concluded without a doubt that soldiers did not post pictures of Iraqi war dead?

It is not surprising, but it is highly disappointing, that the plan to build a Shiite Muslim mosque in Glenview is not being welcomed by many residents in the area. It is not the first time that residents in Chicago suburbs have tried to shut down a plan to open a Muslim house of worship. The excuses have touched on a wide range of subjects, from the fear that mosques would foster terrorism to the typical high-traffic volume issue.