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Tag: Associated Press

NYPD spying ignites discrimination and inequality for Muslims

April 2, 2012
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Muslims continue to be the target of hate, fear, and racism causing them to become victims of acts of blatant discrimination and inequality. Muslims have encountered spying, being singled out, and have been deprived their freedom of speech.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged Associated Press, blanket surveillance, bullying, City College, discrimination, equality, Freedom Of Speech, Jawad Rasul, Mary Catherine Roper, Michael Oren, monitoring, MSA, Muslim, Muslim Student Association, New York, NYPD, Rana Khatib, spying, trust, UC Irvine, UMMA, University Muslim Medical Association

The Wall Street Journal: Chicago police chief pledges no NYPD-style spying

March 5, 2012
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CAIR Executive Director Ahmed Rehab praised McCarthy for his “heartfelt” sincerity and taking the initiative to attend, and the audience applauded when the chief said police need to work with the city’s communities to prevent crime and terrorism.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Associated Press, CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations, Garry McCarthy, IL, Islam, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, McCarthy, Michael Bloomberg, MSA, New York City, NYPD, Oak Brook Terrace, Raymond Kelly, The Wall Street Journal

CBS: McCarthy Pledges No NYPD-Style Spying On Muslims

March 5, 2012
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CAIR Executive Director Ahmed Rehab praised McCarthy for his “heartfelt” sincerity and taking the initiative to attend, and the audience applauded when the chief said police need to work with the city’s communities to prevent crime and terrorism.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Associated Press, Banquet, CAIR, CBS, Council on American Islamic Relations, Garry McCarthy, IL, Luis Gutierrez, McCarthy, MSA, Muslims, NYPD, Oak Brook Terrace, Raymond Kelly

Media Digest: CAIR-Chicago Files Lawsuit Against Ill. State Police for Sheikh Kifah Mustapha

September 1, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago filed a discrimination complaint in federal court this week against the Illinois State Police (ISP) on behalf of Kifah Mustapha, a leading Muslim religious leader (Imam) based in Chicago. The ISP revoked his chaplaincy position citing a dubious Internet report attacking him. The report was written by Steven Emerson, an anti-Muslim blogger notorious for fighting against American Muslim civic participation. See media coverage of the lawsuit
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Posted in Civil Rights Center, In the Media, News Digests Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Ahmed Rehan, AP, Associated Press, blog, chaplain, Chicago Public Radio, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, News, Steven Emerson, TV, WLS

Associated Press: Group sues Ill. police over Muslim chaplain flap

August 30, 2010
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In December, community and religious groups hailed Mustapha’s appointment as a nod to the growing diversity among the agency’s nearly 2,000 officers. Since 2002, Mustapha has been an imam and director at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, one of the Chicago area’s oldest and largest mosques. He also served as a designated chaplain with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, helping to counsel Hurricane Katrina victims.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehan, AP, Associated Press, blog, chaplain, Christina Abraham, Illinois State Police, Investigative Project on Terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, News, Sophia Tareen, Steven Emerson

Huffington Post: Kifah Mustapha, Muslim Appointee As Chaplain For Illinois State Police, Turned Away Following Background Check

June 24, 2010
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The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of the agency’s first Muslim chaplain, citing only information revealed during a background check. A national Muslim advocacy group Wednesday blamed the move on Islamophobia.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehan, AP, Associated Press, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Huffington Post, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Sophia Tareen, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

Associated Press: Your request is being processed… Kifah Mustapha, Muslim Appointee As Chaplain For Illinois State Police, Turned Away Following Background Check

June 23, 2010
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Ahmed Rehab, CAIR’s executive director in Chicago, called it discrimination against Muslims, especially since Mustapha hasn’t been formally accused of wrongdoing.

“The ISP is kowtowing to the run-of-the-mill fear-mongering that Islamophobes have devoted their careers in order to avoid a public relations controversy,” he said.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, AP, Associated Press, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Huffington Post, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Sophia Tareen, Steven Emerson The, United Power

Associated Press: Muslims in Chicago enclave discuss stereotypes

June 10, 2010
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“It’s incorrect to even imply that such a correlation exists,” said Ahmed Rehab, a Chicago director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations. “Terrorism is an equal opportunity offender as far as ethnic communities go.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Associated Press, Black, chicago, Chicago Tribune, Devon, enclave, Indian, Islam, Jewish, law enforcement, Muslim, pakistani, racism, Sophia Tareen, south asian, stereotypes. discrimination, terrorism

Young Muslim activists look at politics post-9/11

April 21, 2010
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“The overlying mantra is that we belong here, this is our country, too,” said Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations “That’s something you do not through assertive statement, but assertive action.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American Muslims, Arab American Action Network, Associated Press, CIOGC, civic engagement, Illinois Muslim Action Day, Interfaith Youth Core, Muslim Activism, Muslim-Americans, Political Mobilizing, post 911, Reema Ahmad

Associated Press: Muslim scholar once denied visas to US to include Illinois on list of speaking engagements

April 7, 2010
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A prominent Muslim scholar who was once denied a U.S. visa is scheduled to give one of his first major speeches since the 2004 ban this weekend in suburban Chicago. Tariq Ramadan is scheduled to speak Saturday in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., at an event sponsored by the Council of American-Islamic Relations.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged annual banquet, Associated Press, Islam, Islamic Scholar, Muslim, Notre Dame, Oak Brook, Oxford, Tariq Ramadan, Visa
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