The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) and the Chicago chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination committee (ADC) will join his Excellency, Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), in a press conference this Saturday on the subject of US-Muslim relations 5 years after 9/11.

Women are far more than the some of their parts -- six Chicagoans reveal what lies within

The pontiff's comments and the fiery protests that followed strain the tenuous dialogue between Muslims and Christians worldwide

Muslim-Americans living in the Chicago area are weighing in on Pope Benedict's apology for comments he made last week about Islam. The pontiff's remarks sparked violent protests in parts of the world.

CHICAGO -- It's the comment heard around the world, and Pope Benedict XVI's quote about Muslims is prompting protests and even violence in some areas.

CAIR-Chicago Discusses The Pope's Comments and Muslim Reaction

CAIR-Chicago joined the "Hotel Workers Rising" Campaign earlier on this month. In addition to this campaign, our Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar has been in negotiations with a local Hilton Hotel concerning a complaint of discrimination received from a Muslim employee.

CAIR-Chicago's Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar has been involved in a series of negotiations with the Cook County Sheriff's Department concerning a discrimination complaint filed by a Muslim officer of this department.

CAIR-Chicago is urging all people of conscience to fight police torture this Friday! From 1972 to 1991, a group of police officers in Chicago's South Side has committed brutal acts of torture against African Americans in police custody. Torture methods ranging from using cattle prods to burning victims were used. During this time, involuntary confessions were extracted for serious crimes, of which dozens of people remain imprisoned for.

It started as a simple campaign tour to commemorate Sept. 11 and distribute more than 1,000 American flag yard signs in a western Illinois congressional district where the incumbent has been sidelined by Parkinson's disease.

Two young women are discovering what it means to be Muslim in America. Assia and Iman Boundaoui talk about how they reconcile living between two worlds, and where their Muslim and American identities come together.

CAIR-Chicago joined the "Hotel Workers Rising" Campaign earlier on this month. In addition to this campaign, our Legal Advisor Maaria Mozaffar has been in negotiations with a local Hilton Hotel concerning a complaint of discrimination received from a Muslim employee.

"A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center," my then-wife told me as I stepped out of the shower, my head throbbing with a vicious hangover.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today condemned comments made by Andrea Zinga, a congressional candidate for the 17th district of Illinois.

CAIR-Chicago is urging all people of conscience to fight police torture this Friday!

Outside Holy Name Cathedral, politicians stood silent, clergymen bowed their heads and passersby paused as a bell tolled from the cathedral's steeple. Cars quietly hummed by without honking horns. Chirping birds and other typical sounds of the city seemed muted.

In the years since 9/11, the government has continued to shut down local Muslim aid organizations that have never been convicted of a crime. Is this Bush's idea of a 'faith-based initiative'?

Ahmed Rehab walked away from the business world to become a spokesman for American Muslims — and walked into a firestorm.

The Muslim community of a local suburb was outraged at their village’s decision to enact "No Parking" signs in a residential area near the mosque they attend. The signs would have prohibited parking in the area on Fridays from 12-3pm.