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CBS2: Ahmed Rehab Discusses the President's Decision About bin Laden Photo

May 6, 2011
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“Bin Laden was a major figure, and his death was a major world event. You need to address that in a public manner with evidence and not just hearsay. It’s all about the DNA,” said Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, bin Laden, CAIR Chicago, death photo, Osama bin Laden, President Obama

CBS2: Ahmed Rehab Discusses the President’s Decision About bin Laden Photo

May 6, 2011
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“Bin Laden was a major figure, and his death was a major world event. You need to address that in a public manner with evidence and not just hearsay. It’s all about the DNA,” said Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, bin Laden, CAIR Chicago, death photo, Osama bin Laden, President Obama

Chicago Tribune: How bin Laden's demise could bring a new era in U.S.-Muslim relations

May 5, 2011
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Bin Laden’s death marks a key historical juncture, in that it offers us an opportunity to break away from the polarizing, divisive atmosphere he helped ignite and the paranoia and fear-mongering we unfortunately allowed to ensue in our culture as a result of it. For almost a decade, we have played into bin Laden’s hands by allowing him and his outfit to dominate our national discourse on Islam and Muslims.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American-Muslim, bin Laden, bin Laden death, Chicago Tribune, Islam, Muslim, Osama bin Laden

Aljazeera: Fomenting nationalism with murder

May 5, 2011
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“It [Bin Ladens’ death] brings closure for the families of 9/11, and all Americans, and hopefully brings closure on an era,” said Rehab. “I hope now we can usher in a new era that focuses more on the Arab Spring which is the reality now, and less on the so-called War on Terror.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Aljazeera, Arab Spring, bin Laden, bin Laden death, Osama bin Laden, War on Terror

Sun-Times: Area Muslims express relief that bin Laden no longer alive

May 5, 2011
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“The relevance of bin Laden should be overshadowed by the wave of pro-democracy movements in the Middle East,” said Yaser Tabbara, a Chicago attorney and member of the board of directors of the Council on American Islamic Relations. “Bin Laden was already marginalized, I’m someone who goes to the Middle East quite a bit and I haven’t heard his name in a very long time.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Elsayed, Al-Azhar Foundation, Al-Qaeda, Arab, Asam Mahmoud, assassination, attorney, Barrington, bin Laden, chicago, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Dalia Hassaballa, death, democracy, Eman Hassaballa Aly, MECCA, Middle East, Osama, relief, Yaser Tabbara

FOX Chicago: Ahmed Rehab Discusses the Role of Torture in Interrogations

May 4, 2011
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“I don’t think anything justifies torture. We as a civilized nation should be anti-torture. Many governments in the Western world, and the world in general are against torture. We don’t want to be known as the ones who are employing a Spanish Inquisition torture technique to keep ourselves safe,” said Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, bin Laden, CAIR Chicago, enhanced interrogation tactics, interrogation, Osama bin Laden, Torture

FOX Chicago News: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Impact of Death of bin Laden

May 3, 2011
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“The American Muslim community was relieved, there’s a sense of vindication. This has been a long time coming,” said Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged 9/11, Ahmed Rehab, bin Laden, burial, CAIR Chicago, Follow the Money, Fox Chicago, intelligence, Islam, Islamic, Muslim, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President, September 11, surgical operation, Terror, terrorism, Terrorist, War on Terror

PRESS RELEASE: Muslim Group Welcomes News of bin Laden’s Defeat

May 2, 2011
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“We are relieved that justice has not been denied even if it has been delayed,” said Ahmed Rehab. “This goes to show that the way to fight terror is through good intelligence operations, and not military surges abroad, or the choking of civil liberties at home.”

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Al-Qaida, Amina Sharif, Barak, bin Laden, CAIR, chicago, CIOGC, death, Freedom, Islam, Justice, media advisory, Muslim, Obama, Osama bin Laden, Press Conference, Press Release, terrorism

Media Advisory: CAIR-Chicago Wins Bias Suit for Arab-American Officer

July 24, 2009
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The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) announced today a verdict in favor of an Arab-American correctional officer in a discrimination case CAIR-Chicago Staff attorney, Kevin Vodak, litigated against the Cook County Sheriff’s department pro-bono.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Press Center Tagged Abraham Yasin, bias suit, bin Laden, CAIR, discrimination, gender, Kevin Vodak, or creed, race
 
 
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