Residents and school officials in Oak Lawn said they want to unite their community after a tense three-week debate divided some Christians and Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Bitta Mostofi attended a status hearing for the citizenship delay class action law suit. As a result of the suit, all of the applications of the named plaintiffs have been expedited.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham attended an interview with a Muslim client alleging a denial of public accommodation at a local restaurant. The charge of discrimination was filed with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR), and a fact finding conference has been set for November.

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham represented a Muslim man in an interview with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR).

Goering's piece on the new Australian Burqini' was an eye-opener even for an already modesty-minded Muslim woman such as myself (*a burqa is a loose outer robe that some Muslim women wear to cover their bodies or heads). A spinoff of the word burqa and bikini, it’s swimwear that allows the entire body to remain clothed.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab discusses the successful accommodation of Ramadan along with Christmas and Halloween in an Oak Lawn, Illinois public school and a recent Senate resolution acknowledging Ramadan and recognizing Islam as a major world religion.

AHMED REHAB, EXEC. DIR., CAIR-CHICAGO: It is not the pluralistic, inclusive, educated America that we try to teach our children to embrace. They’re trying to exclude Muslims from celebrating their festivities. No Muslim involved in this raucous at any point wanted to remove Christmas or Hanukkah or even Halloween from the school festivities. All they wanted to do was to bring in Ramadan.

CAIR-Chicago executive director, Ahmed Rehab, discusses the recent successful inclusion of Ramadan along with Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations after opposition from parents at a local public school. Dan Rea and Rehab also discuss how the reasonable accommodation of all cultures and religions is central to American pluralism.

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Downtown Islamic Center for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab Defends Equal Representation of Ramadan on The O'Reilly Factor

A citizenship delay client took the oath for citizenship after a lengthy delay in the processing of his application. CAIR-Chicago had filed a complaint in federal court on the man’s behalf, and as a result, his application was expedited.

On October 1, 2007, CAIR-Chicago joined members of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) for the annual "Iftar in the Sukkah" at the Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel synagogue in Lakeview.

CAIR-Chicago Government Affairs Coordinator Sadiya Ahmed attended the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) leadership retreat on Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29 at the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park

http://www.cairchicago.org/films/mylschicago2007.wmv

Two more CAIR-Chicago citizenship delay clients took the oath for citizenship after experiencing lengthy delays in the adjudication of their applications

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Islamic Community Center of Des Plaines for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Mosque Foundation for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Islamic Community Center of Illinois for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

Join CAIR-Chicago at the Islamic Center of Naperville at Olsen Dr. for a brief informational session on the services CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.