CAIR-Chicago Communications Director Ahmed Rehab and Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed met with Democratic candidate Christine Cegalis running for U.S. Congress on Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in her Lombard campaign headquarters.

Are you an American citizen registered to vote in the state of Illinois and will not be able to vote on Tuesday, March 21, 2006?

On Monday March 6th, CAIR-Chicago and community members attended a vigil at the Chicago Federal Plaza to peacefully protest the closed hearings determining the admissibility of torture induced confessions in the Muhammad Salah case.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended a meeting of the Governor’s Racial Profiling Taskforce on Monday March 6 at the J.R. Thompson Center.

What: Prayer Vigil in Support of a Fair and Open Hearing for Muhammad Salah

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a woman at an unemployment benefits hearing.

As a civil rights organization, our aspiration is to see every American granted his or her full rights under any and all circumstances. Mr. Muhammad Salah, an American citizen, is entitled to the right to a fair trial. This entails the right to public hearings. This right hangs in the balance, while several of his other rights have already been violated.

Why did Warner Independent Pictures pick up Albert Brooks' "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World"? "We saw the movie, and it was clear that Albert makes fun of himself and America, not anybody else," CEO Mark Gill told L.A. Times entertainment columnist Patrick Goldstein.

When Iyas Alhomouz was sworn in as a U.S.citizen at a ceremony in Chicago last week, it should have been a day of celebration.

The Coalition to Protect People’s Rights, an alliance of over 20 organizations and individuals united to protect citizens from civil liberties and human rights abuses, will hold a press conference on Friday, March 3 coinciding with the opening statements for the suppression of evidence obtained under torture hearings.

CAIR-Chicago and social service organization Apna Ghar delivered ten Qurans to the Department of Homeland Security in order to send them to McHenry County Jail, which houses a substantial number of immigration detainees.

Friis Arne Peterson, Ambassador of Denmark to the United States, yesterday met at the Council offices with a delegation of Muslims.

The Danish cartoons on Prophet Mohammed have had its reverberations in the heart of the US. Immediately after the University of Illinois' student newspaper carried them, there was uproar by Muslim students, culminating in the firing of the paper's editor-in-chief and the opinions editor.

During an event co-sponsored by the Muslim Law Student Association, the Christian Legal Society and the Decalogue Society at John Marshall, Ahmed Rehab (center), communications director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, and John Marshall Professor Michael Seng (fourth from left) addressed the logical and legal aspects of the recent controversy of the publication of 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed by a Danish paper.

CAIR-Chicago Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar represented a Muslim man who had been contacted by the FBI for a voluntary interview.

CAIR-Chicago filed a complaint with the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) against an Administrative Law Judge for the Department of Children and Family Services alleging bias.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Yaser Tabbara and Prison Project Coordinator Mariyam Hussain met with officials from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in order to discuss various immigration detention concerns including phone access, halal food, and sensitivity training.

What: Khuthba - Addressing the Prophet Cartoons

Seeking to dispel common misconceptions about Islam and Muslims, a Chicago-area group has hit a real vein of interest.

The Danish Cartoons insulting the Prophet Muhammad have commanded world headlines for the past few weeks. Below is a digest of CAIR-Chicago’s community and media activism in response to this controversy: