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CAIR-Chicago Receives 2007 Grant from Chicago Bar Foundation
For the second year in a row, CAIR-Chicago received a grant in 2007 from the Chicago Bar Foundation for its civil rights work on behalf of the indigent Muslim community in Chicago
"ISLAM: IMAGE AND REALITY" Town Hall Meeting with Panel
What: DePaul University's Islamic World Studies Program, PBS and WETA, with sponsorship from DePaul's College of Liberal Arts & Sciences' Global Voices series and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, would like to invite you to the second Town Hall Meeting in the Islam: Image versus Reality series, which will prescreen clips from several of the films to be shown in the America at a Crossroads series produced by WETA, the Washington, D.C. PBS station.
CAIR-Chicago Attends Investing in Justice Program
CAIR-Chicago's Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham and Staff Attorney Heena Musabji attended the "Investing in Justice" program
Outreach Coordinator to speak on Islam at St.Paul's Church
What: Presentation on the Basics of the Islamic faith: its history, sacred texts, fundamental laws and common misconceptions. The event is part of the church's adult education program
CULTURE OF VIOLENCE: LEBANON SUMMER OF 2006 (A Lecture with Sami Hermez)
What: CULTURE OF VIOLENCE: LEBANON SUMMER OF 2006 (A Lecture with Sami Hermez)
"Culture of Violence" Event a Success
Dozens gathered in a lecture hall at DePaul University's College of Law to hear Sami Hermez discuss the culture of violence in southern Lebanon. Hermez discussed the impact of Israel's attack on Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Speaks at Islamic Foundation School on Malcolm X Day
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator spoke at the Islamic Foundation School in Villa Park for Malcolm X Day
Executive Director to Speak on Non-Violence and Social Justice TEACH IN
What: DePaul University Non-Violence and Social Justice TEACH INTopic: Islam, Pluralism and Democracy in America and the West.
CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Presents at DePaul Legal Clinic
CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Heena Musabji presented at the DePaul College of Law Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic training titled, “Newer Practitioner Training on Basic Immigration Topics.”
Communications Coordinator to Address Third Unitarian Church Forum Regarding Muslims in America
What: "Getting to Know Muslim America"
CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Attends ICIRR Membership Meeting
CAIR-Chicago Governmental Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended a membership meeting for the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)
CAIR-Chicago Executive Director to Give Friday Sermon At the American Islamic Association of Frankfort
What: Friday Sermon (Khutbah) Who: Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director
CAIR-Chicago's Third Annual Event a Success!
CAIR-Chicago's 3rd Annual Event, held last Sunday evening, was a stunning success both in the numbers and diversity displayed.
CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Participates in Teaching Constitution to Students
CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator, along with attorneys Abdullah Salah and Abdul Karim Pigott, participated in the “Lawyer in the Classroom” program
CAIR-Chicago Files IDHR Complaint After Three Middle Eastern Men were Kicked-Out of McDonalds
CAIR-Chicago Volunteer Attorney Rima Kapitan filed amended charges of discrimination with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR).
Religion News Service: Depts of Justice, Homeland Security Receive Religion Training
WASHINGTON -- The departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun training employees to better understand and protect the civil liberties of American Muslims, Sikhs and other minority ethnic and religious groups in the wake of Sept. 11.
Daily Southtown: More battles ahead
Attorneys for Mohammed Salah, who was acquitted of racketeering charges last week, have vowed to keep working to clear the name of the Bridgeview man deemed a terrorist by the federal government and to help his family lead a normal life.
Chicago Tribune: Bridgeview mosque cheers Salah verdict
Moments after learning that Muhammad Salah was cleared Thursday afternoon of federal charges of helping to fund terrorism, Abubakr Meah rushed out of the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview grinning and waving a thumbs-up to a passing vehicle.
Media Advisory: Ashqar/Salah Verdict Delivery in 1.5 Hours
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) as a member of 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, is announcing a press conference in response to the Salah / Ashqar verdict today.

