The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today resolved a citizenship delay case that has been pending for the past five years.

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - For Mahamed Jama, a Minnesota taxi driver, the Islamic restriction on drinking alcohol is a seamless rule for life. "He who carries alcohol, he who drinks and he who sells it are the same thing," he says.

That belief could affect his livelihood.

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) has filed a complaint with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations on behalf of a Muslim employee who allegedly suffered discrimination in the workplace.

What: EMPOWERING OURSELVES: STRENGTHENING OUR SOUTH ASIAN VOICE

What: Friday Sermon (Khutbah)Who: Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director

Kathleen Parker’s Article, “When Topic is Terror, Surveys Are Misleading” is in fact itself a very misleading interpretation of the recent Pew Research Center survey that found American Muslims to be largely moderate and mainstream.

Eboo Patel ‘96 LAS has the radical idea that people from other religions shouldn’t kill each other. “Why are religious extremists getting to young people before we do?” he asked. “Why don’t we build a different pattern, a pattern of religious pluralism?”

What: Friday Sermon (Khutbah)Who: Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director

CAIR-Chicago, along with several other organizations co-sponsored a civic engagement workshop entitled, “Empowering Ourselves: Strengthening Our South Asian Voice”

Tawfiq Ali is CAIR-Chicago's first Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) Fellow. Tawfiq is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor's degree in Philosophy.

What: Friday Sermon (Khutbah)Who: Sultan Muhammad, CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinator

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi represented a Muslim woman who had experienced misconduct by local police.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) reacted today to the "first-ever" nation-wide survey of Muslim-Americans.

While most Muslim Americans overwhelmingly condemn suicide bombings and other forms of Islamic extremism, according to an unprecedented poll unveiled today, 13 percent of Muslim youth endorse suicide bombings as an acceptable way to defend their religion in certain circumstances.

WASHINGTON--History has shown on more than one occasion that what might be clear to most of us may not seem so obvious to the Bush administration.

What: Friday Sermon at Orland Park Prayer CenterSpeaker: Nihad Awad National Executive Director CAIR

CAIR-Chicago Government Relations Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Reception, sponsored by Congressman Bobby Rush (D-IL).

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham attended the Chicago Bar Association Legal Aid Committee Meeting

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham will be working with the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR) in a program in collaboration with the Pegasus Theater entitled the “Acting Free” Program

After a Muslim parent had reported to CAIR-Chicago that her daughter’s World Religions course covered all major religions except for Islam