Emma Melton of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Abuatelah against the village of Oak Lawn and the three officers involved in the beating.

CHICAGO - CAIR-Chicago hosted a news conference following the grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn Police officer, Patrick O’Donnell.

On February 15th, CAIR-Chicago held a press conference welcoming the grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn Police Officer, Patrick O’Donnell, in the brutal beating of then 17-year-old Hadi Abuatelah in July 2022.

CAIR-Chicago’s Staff Attorney Emma Melton, ESQ. responds to grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn police officer in bruutal beating of 17-year-old Hadi Abuatelah in July 2022.

CAIR-Chicago, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, will hold a news conference welcoming the grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn Police Officer, Patrick O’Donnell, in the brutal beating of then 17-year-old Hadi Abuatelah in July 2022.  

CAIR-Chicago today said that The Mosque Foundation, one of the largest Mosques in Illinois and the nation and a long-time CAIR-Chicago partner, responded to the massive earthquake that struck Turkiye and Northern Syria on February 6, with a major fundraising campaign totaling $510,000 so far. 

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), in collaboration with the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Representation (CAARPR), and the Rainbow Push Coalition today called on the Illinois State Police to complete its investigation into the three Oak Lawn Police officers who beat 17-year-old Hadi Abuatelah on July 27, 2022. 

CAIR-Chicago's Staff, along with a selection of Chicago's Muslim leadership of different backgrounds, met with Congressman Chuy Garcia and members of his staff on Wednesday at CAIR-Chicago's downtown Azima Center to discuss the state of civil rights.

Four factors stand out for us in our assessment of instances of Islamophobia: content, intent, extent, and context.

The nation’s largest muslim civil rights advocacy organization, today welcomed a hate crime charge for neo-Nazi vandalism targeting an Illinois church.

As 2022 closes out, I am writing to ask you, our trusted partner, to help us get to our annual goal with your end-of-year giving.

CAIR-Chicago stands in solidarity with the vision of IAM. We will work to continue to provide help intended to seek a society free from Islamophobia in all its forms.

We are seeking a motivated, detail-oriented self-starter to fill the full-time position of Outreach Coordinator/Manager, which is available immediately.

Welcome our new Winter/Spring interns!

CAIR-Chicago is joining the 2022 Giving Tuesday Movement that works to promote the concept of "Real Change."

On November 15th, more than two dozen headstones were spray painted with graffiti over the weekend in Waukegan, Illinois.

“For never again to be never again, we cannot allow our Jewish neighbors to stand alone in such moments,”

CAIR-Chicago condemns the alleged Islamophobic harassment of a Loyola University student on the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Red Line.

We are calling all students, businesses, and organizations to sponsor or volunteer for CAIR-Chicago’s 19th annual event. Support the movement today!

This year we want to reflect on how the work CAIR-Chicago has done to bring positive impacts to the Muslim community.