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Tag: bigot

WGN-AM: Local Muslims call for dismissal of counter-terrorism trainer [AUDIO]

August 16, 2013
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WGN-AM 720 spoke with CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, about the trainings scheduled with local police from known anti-Muslim bigot Sam Kharoba.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media Tagged anti-Muslim, bigot, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Police Training, Sam Kharoba, WGN

PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago applauds TSA’s removal of bigoted employee

November 16, 2011
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| Categories: Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center

CAIR-Chicago commends the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for taking decisive action against an employee who publically spewed racist and bigoted rants against Muslims, African Americans, Latinos, and Homosexuals. Roy Egan had worked at O’Hare airport for nine years where he checked passenger baggage.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center Tagged African Americans, Ahmed Rehab, bigot, Facebook, Homosexuals, Islam, Latinos, Muslim, O'Hare, Press Release, Racist, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab Discusses Racist, Anti-Muslim TSA Official

October 12, 2011
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A veteran officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Chicago is being disciplined after posting hundreds of racist and derogatory comments on Facebook. Not only were Officer Roy Egan’s racial and religious rants open for anyone to see, for years he openly identified himself by name on Facebook and listed his employer as U.S. Homeland Security-TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, bigot, bigotry, Chuck Goudie, Facebook, I-Team, Investigative Report, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, racism, Racist, rant, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, WLS

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago's Ahmed Rehab Discusses Racist, Anti-Muslim TSA Official

October 12, 2011
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A veteran officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Chicago is being disciplined after posting hundreds of racist and derogatory comments on Facebook. Not only were Officer Roy Egan’s racial and religious rants open for anyone to see, for years he openly identified himself by name on Facebook and listed his employer as U.S. Homeland Security-TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, bigot, bigotry, Chuck Goudie, Facebook, I-Team, Investigative Report, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, racism, Racist, rant, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, WLS

CBS News: Local Muslim Leader Supports Commentator’s Firing

October 22, 2010
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“I thought that NPR did the right thing,” Ahmed Rehab said. “They have a reputation to protect, and clearly his unobjective and sensational characterizations were not a good fit for their objective standards of journalism.”

Rehab says comments like those made by Williams encourage the stereotypes that generate fear of Muslims.

“There seems to be a refusal and willful ignorance when it comes to the simple notion that Muslims are not one in the same with terrorists,” he said.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, bigot, CBS, Fear, Fox, Islam, Islamophobia, Juan Williams, misconceptions, misinformation, Muslim, NPR, racism, terrorism, Terrorist

FOX Business: Ahmed Rehab debates Islamophobe Pamela Geller on Park51

September 27, 2010
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Ahmed Rehab deconstructs Pamela Geller’s fear mongering misinformation campaign against the Park51 community center in New York and exposes her anti-Muslim bigotry.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, Atlas Shrugs, bigot, bigotry, Bob Beckel, Eric Bolling, Fox, Fox Business, Ground Zero, Hate, Imam Rauf, Islam, Islamophobia, Jihad Watch, Manhattan, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Pamela Geller, Park51
 
 
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