A leading American Islamic community worker has claimed that Scotland could provide a "model community" for the integration of Muslims in European countries over the coming years.

What: Universal High School Annual Dinner

What: Milwaukee Muslim Community Dinner

I think I speak for a good chunk of Chicagoland's large Muslim community when I applaud Rahm Emanuel for doing the right thing by apologizing for his father's disparaging comments about Arabs

CAIR Chicago's executive director, Ahmed Rehab will be speaking at the upcoming journalism conference, Communities in Flux: The Impact of Economic Turmoil and Shifting Demographics.

Thank you for portraying the actions of an individual that will have a lasting effect on an entire community. (Orland Park Teacher Honored for Work with Muslim Students 11/17).

In a move that's been expected since the election, President-elect Barack Obama resigned his Senate seat, effective on Sunday.

What: Khutbah (Friday Sermon)Where: Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area, Florida Speaker: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, CAIR-Chicago

On November 4th the CAIR-Chicago office was closed as staff members volunteered at the Mosque Foundation of Bridgeview, headquarters of the New American Democracy Project's "Get Out The Vote" (GOTV) Campaign.

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is closed today as its staff mobilizes Muslims at local precincts to Get Out the Vote (see: www.cairchicago.org). The campaign focuses on the southwest suburb of Bridgeview and marks the culmination of a long campaign to urge the Muslim community to let their voices be heard with a strong voter representation.

CAIR-Chicago's office will be closed today as it mobilizes the Muslim community to let their voice be heard by a strong voter representation this Election Day.

Many mosques across the US devoted the last Friday sermon before the historic 2008 presidential election to encourage their community to actively participate in their country's political process by voting on Election Day to choose the next president.

What: Al Aqsa High School Annual Dinner

What: Khutbah (Friday Sermon)Where: Muslim Education Centre (MEC) Keynote: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director, CAIR-Chicago

CAIR-Chicago, Mosque, Foundation, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights (ICIRR) joined forces this year to promote voter participation in the upcoming election through a fellowship program entitled the New American Democracy Project (NADP). The program has been a resounding success, managing to register over 1,200 new voters in the just the Chicago-land area.

Dear Mr. Nelson, In your recent OpEd you state:

“It must be recognized, sympathetically, that Muslims face a tough task to decisively distance themselves from cynical killers, like evangelical and fundamental Christians have had to do with, say, David Koresh's troublesome Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, or Fred Phelps' questionable, vengeance-stained, judgmental theology.”

On Monday, October 27, 2008, the Chicago office of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) will join elected representatives, state legislators, immigrant advocate partners, new voters, and volunteers to celebrate the success of ICIRR's (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights) voter registration drive and launch the Get out the Vote Campaign.

CAIR-Chicago, the Mosque Foundation, and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and refugee rights (ICIRR) joined forces this year to promote voter participation in the upcoming election through a fellowship program entitled the New American Democracy Project (NADP).

Contrary to Nickels' claim, I have no qualms with freedom of speech. In fact, I am obligated to exercise my First Amendment right to refute your letter. The overriding concern remains that when misguided words are used to defame all of Islam, it creates an intensifying cycle of bigotry and that needs to be countered.

Contrary to Nickels' claim, I have no qualms with freedom of speech. In fact, I am obligated to exercise my First Amendment right to refute your letter.