Islam Awareness Week: Are the Headlines True?

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) has mobilized Muslim voters to actively participate in today's primary election in Illinois.

CAIR-Chicago Incoming Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham met with U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) Director of Field Operations Robert Gomez and Assistant Director of the Chicago Field Office Brian Humphrey.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago is currently mobilizing Muslim voters to actively participate in the Illinois primary election on Tuesday, March 21st. CAIR-Chicago has made nearly 800 phone calls, reaching out to registered voters in the third congressional district since last weekend, as a part of a large Get Out the Vote Campaign.

With the attacks on immigrants and activists on a rise, it is essential that people come together and oppose these injustices. Join us in solidarity with different groups for an evening of discussion, food, and music!

This year’s election is a critical one with a hotly contested race in the 3rd congressional district. Volunteers are needed for the following efforts:

CAIR-Chicago’s Governmental Relations Department has been conducting an active Get Out the Vote Campaign.

This year’s election is a critical one with a hotly contested race in the 3rd congressional district. Volunteers are needed for the following efforts:

The CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Department has been working to organize the Muslim community in the third congressional district by leading several political mobilization efforts.

CAIR-Chicago was present for a Public Truth Hearing on behalf of Muhammad Salah, the Bridgeview man being indicted based on confessions he signed while under torture by the Israeli army approximately 10 years ago.

What: The First Annual ICNA-Chicago Save the Family Conference

Learn the Truth about the U.S. Government's Case Against Muhammad Salah! Say no to TORTURE!! Say no to FEAR !!

CAIR-Chicago Communications Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham, along with a number of Muslim community leaders, met with representatives from the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and local FBI and DHS officials.

People Unite! March against H.R. 4437 - Friday, March 10th at noon Come join immigrants from all over the nation in a historic march this Friday, March 10th at 12 noon!

A fifth member has resigned from the state's anti-discrimination panel amid controversy surrounding a fellow commissioner who is a Nation of Islam official.

CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed and Governmental Relations Intern John Rush attended a candidates’ forum for the upcoming primary election in the 3rd congressional district on Thursday, March 9 in the southwest suburbs.

CAIR-Chicago assisted in re-uniting a Muslim immigrant detainee with his family.

RIGHT-WINGERS tried to fan the flames of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hate at the University of California-Irvine (UCI) on February 28, sponsoring a meeting titled “Unveiling the Cartoons.”

The furor over the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, it seems to me, boils down to one thing -- freedom of expression in a world where we're never all going to agree.

CHICAGO - On the 12th floor of the federal courthouse in Chicago, a hearing is taking place in a terrorist money-laundering case that has all the intrigue of a novel, complete with Israeli agents, disguises and allegations of torture.