....Illinois Democrat [Senator Dick Durbin] says he's gratified to hear that prosecutors nabbed the terror suspects with the apparent cooperation of members of the Muslim American community.

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.

CAIR has received more than 6000 requests for free DVDs and books through the "Explore the Life of Muhammad" campaign announced nationwide and in Canada yesterday.

CAIR-Chicago attended the Civil Liberties Coalition of Illinois meeting at the Downtown Islamic Center, on Tuesday, February 21, 2006.

Topic: Legal and Logical Considerations of the Prophet Cartoons – Free Speech & Blasphemy

The message Sunday from a politician, a clergyman, a rabbi and a Muslim activist to a Jewish congregation in Uptown that saw its synagogue recently defaced by anti-Semitic graffiti was the same: A hate crime against one group is a crime against all humanity.

Local Muslims remained calm and collected Saturday night as they discussed an issue that has led to dozens of deaths worldwide.

Responding to the controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the Chicago chapter of a prominent Islamic civil rights group is participating in a yearlong campaign to educate the public on his life and legacy.

The Chicago chapter of a prominent Islamic civil-rights group tackled the controversy over cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad on Saturday night at a town hall meeting as part of a yearlong campaign to educate the public.

2/19/06 – CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham conducted a workshop regarding the lengthy delays in obtaining citizenship that many Muslims are facing.

TOPIC - Citizenship Delay Project

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended the Governor’s Racial Profiling Taskforce Public Hearing at the Bilandic Center on Saturday, February 18, 2006.

CAIR-Chicago, as a member of the Governor’s Racial Profiling Taskforce, has been working with other organizations to end the practice of racial profiling in Illinois.

The last day to register to vote for the primary elections is February 20, 2006. As part of a non-partisan political mobilization effort, the CAIR-Chicago team will be at the Mosque Foundation registering voters during Friday Prayer this week.

CAIR-Chicago, the local office of a prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group condemned today anti-Semitic attacks leveled at a Chicago Area Synagogue earlier this week. On Monday morning, February 13, Agudas Achim North Shore Congregation was vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic writings.

Tensions among student journalists and advisers at the Daily Illini heated up Thursday with an opinion piece and a letter to newspaper alumni blaming two of its suspended editors for the publication of cartoons that depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammad.

Are you a U.S. citizen over the age of 18 and have not registered to vote? The deadline to vote in the Illinois Primary Elections is fast approaching.

A coalition of more than 15 organizations and community members at large held a peaceful demonstration on the main quad Tuesday in response to the six Danish cartoons printed in the Daily Illini last Thursday.

The student newspaper at Northern Illinois University this week ran the controversial Danish political cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The student paper at the University of Illinois is still reeling from the consequences of running them.

Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Coordinator, and Dina Rehab, Outreach Coordinator, will present on the externship opportunities available to Law Students.