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Tag: Bias

PHOTOS: Religious/Racial Bias in the Law

April 28, 2015
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The Indian American Bar Association and the Muslim Bar Association of Chicago met at CAIR-Chicago with a diverse group of attorneys, community leaders, activists and other professionals for an interactive discussion on civil rights issues the South Asian American community faces today.

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Posted in Our News Tagged Bias, bigotry, race, racism, Religion

Saint Xavier University learns about Muslim media representation

March 26, 2012
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What’s wrong with the way Muslims are portrayed in the media? Where do biases and stereotypes stem from? What does popular culture have to say about Muslim women? CAIR-Chicago communications coordinators Aymen Abdel Halim and Leena Saleh answered these questions and more in a presentation on March 21st at Saint Xavier University.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged Aymen Abdel Halim, Bias, Leena Saleh, Media, Muslims, popular culture, Saint Xavier University, stereotype 1 Comment

Vocalo, CAIR-Chicago Audio-Documentary: The Media and Islamophobia

September 7, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago intern, Becky Fogel, created this audio documentary for Vocalo and Chicago Public Media on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to share perspectives on the media’s role in harboring Islamophobia. Becky interviewed civil rights activists in the Muslim community and had them share their thoughts on how public perception of Muslims has changed since 9/11.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, Our News Tagged 10 years, 89.5, 9/11, Amina Sharif, Anniversary, anti-Muslim, Asad Jafri, Becky Fogel, Bias, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Public Media, IMAN, Islam, Islamophobia, Jenn Schanz, marginalize, Media, Muslim, Ndidi Okakpu, Noor Salahuddin, Rebecca Fogel, Stereotypes, Vocalo

Staff Attorney Rabya Khan Meets with High School Regarding Anti-Muslim Worksheets

August 16, 2011
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Rabya Khan met with school officials to convey the importance of presenting balanced perspectives and not perpetuating stereotypes. CAIR-Chicago has requested that the school remove the worksheets, and not use them again or any similar worksheets. Rabya also provided a resource list of organizations that can conduct workshops on Islam, including CAIR-Chicago, and is compiling a list of educational resource companies with balanced materials on Islam and Muslims.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged anti-Muslim, Ben Small, Bias, complaint, high school, History, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, opression, Rabya Khan, Social Studies, Staff Attorney, Women, Worksheets

CAIR-Chicago Documentary 2011 – Beyond the Comfort Zone

May 27, 2011
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Posted in Film Clips, Multimedia Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Amina Sharif, annual, Beyond the comfort zone, Bias, Bill O'Reilly, CAIR, Cassandra Roos, chicago, Christina Abraham, Cook County, David Turvey, discrimination, documentary, DuPage, Erica Gelfand, Family, Gerald Hankerson, hate crime, Hiba Hammadi, ILC, Illinois State Police, Imam, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah Mustapha, Lawsuit, Mahmoud Yaqub, Media, Mohamed Abdelati, mosque, Muslim, Mustafa, Naperville, O'Reilly Factor, public pool, Rebecca Fogel, Sufyan Sohel, Turvey Films, Yaqub

WBBM Radio: Suit: Mideast-Owned Business Targeted By Town

October 22, 2010
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| Categories: Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media

“Alsherbini claims that the targeting practice began after Jan. 2009 when Randy Keller became mayor of the village. On Aug. 27, 2009, under the orders of Keller, Alsherbini was served with a notice to appear for proceedings to revoke his business license, according to the suit.”

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Posted in Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged ALA, Alsherbini, anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, Bias, discrimination, Friends Café, hookah, intimidation, Lawsuit, Mayor, Mideast-Owned Business Targeted By Town, Muslim business, Newsradio 780, radio, Randy Keller, Village of Worth, WBBM, Worth 1 Comment

Chicago Tribune: Public pool discriminated, agency says

October 15, 2010
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A Muslim family was wrongly denied access to an aquatic center in Lyons last summer when employees told them their clothing violated the facility’s rules, state officials said Friday. “This incident is a blatant example of anti-Muslim discrimination,” Christina Abraham, civil rights director for the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement. “Everyone is entitled to the equal enjoyment of public places.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged anti-Muslim, Bias, Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, Cook County, discrimination, Faten Alaraj, favorable decision, Gerry Smith, Headscarf, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Islam, Islamophobia, Lyons, Mahmoud Yaqub, Muslim, Muslim family, water park 1 Comment

NBC News: Texas Debates "Pro-Islamic" Bias in Textbooks

September 23, 2010
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From Ahmed Rehab’s point of view, however, American culture — including textbooks — routinely vilifies Islam and focuses unduly on the militaristic aspects of the religion.

“Islam has a wealthy history that goes beyond the battles, in the arts and cultures and sciences,“ said Rehab, spokesman for the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR). “There’s this strange attempt to portray anything Islamic as uniquely bad.

“When someone comes along and then speaks the truth, or basically renders an accurate account of reality, then (readers) are shocked and confused because it goes against everything they have heard, therefore it must be a lie. It’s what I call willful ignorance.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Bias, books, Christian, Connecticut, Ignorance, Islam, Muslim, NBC, Religion, Texas, textbook

Daily Herald: Survey proves bias stem from ignorance

September 21, 2009
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Thank you for printing your Sept. 10 article “Survey: Muslims facea lot of bias,” featuring a Pew Research Center study on growing tolerance by Americans toward Muslims.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Bias, PEW Research Center, Survey
 
 
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