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Daily Herald: Banned by Illinois State Police, Muslim cleric melds with FBI

September 6, 2010
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Mustapha is the well-known leader at one of the nation’s most popular mosques and is a national figure in American Islam.

So considering his civic stature, it isn’t surprising Imam Mustapha was invited by FBI officials in Chicago to attend this summer’s Citizens’ Academy with about 25 other local notables.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, Christina Abraham, Chuck Goudie, Citizens' Academy, Daily Herald, FBI, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, News, Steven Emerson, TV

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

Chicago Public Radio: Bias Suit Filed Against Illinois State Police

August 31, 2010
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Ahmed Rehab says the position was revoked because of a false anti-Muslim blog attacking Kifah.

“There was nothing that would prevent him from fulfilling this role. Except for the fact that somebody out there wished to smear him and the ISP was either too lazy or incompetent to actually sift through the smears and figure out that they were smears. And instead decided to drop him to avoid any controversy. That’s unacceptable,” said Rehab.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, Chicago Public Radio, Christina Abraham, Illinois State Police, Investigative Project on Terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mos0que Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, News, NPR, Sarah Smith, Steven Emerson, WBEZ

ABC7: Christina Abraham Discusses CAIR-Chicago’s Lawsuit Against ISP for Sheikh Kifah

August 30, 2010
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“Constitutionally a person can only be held responsible for their own activities, their own conduct,” said CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham.
“And if Imam Kifah has never committed a crime – then what is he being denied for? That’s an answer we never received from the Illinois State Police.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, 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

ABC7: Christina Abraham Discusses CAIR-Chicago's Lawsuit Against ISP for Sheikh Kifah

August 30, 2010
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“Constitutionally a person can only be held responsible for their own activities, their own conduct,” said CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham.
“And if Imam Kifah has never committed a crime – then what is he being denied for? That’s an answer we never received from the Illinois State Police.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, 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

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

Chicago Tribune: Chicago Islamic group sues Illinois State Police

August 30, 2010
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The lawsuit filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago chapter alleges discrimination based on race, religion and national origin. The suit also says Mustapha was denied his First Amendment right to freedom of association, which bars the government from imposing guilt by association. It calls for Mustapha’s immediate reinstatement.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Illinois State Police, Investigative Project on Terrorism, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Manya Brachear, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, News, Newspaper, Steven Emerson

WLS am 890: State Police fire Muslim chaplain over Internet smear

August 30, 2010
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“Imam Kifah [Mustapha] is an upstanding citizen who has served this country and his community time and again,” Christina Abraham, civil rights director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago, said in a release.

“It is time to put an end to the fear-mongering and anti-Muslim rhetoric that has senselessly engulfed our nation,” she said.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehan, blog, chaplain, Christina Abraham, FAIR, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kevin Vodak, Kifah, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Mustapha, radio, Steven Emerson, WLS, WLS am 890

Bias Suit Filed Against Ill. State Police for Sheikh Kifah Mustapha

August 30, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago filed a discrimination complaint in federal court today against the Illinois State Police (ISP) on behalf of Kifah Mustapha, a leading Muslim religious leader (Imam) based in Chicago. The ISP had previously hired Imam Kifah as the first and only Muslim chaplain for its workforce after the completion of a thorough background check. Shortly after news of Imam Kifah’s hiring, the ISP revoked its decision citing a dubious Internet report attacking Imam Kifah. The report was written and distributed by Steven Emerson, an anti-Muslim blogger notorious for fighting against American Muslim civic participation.

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

ABC 7: Group challenges Muslim chaplain's dismissal from force

June 24, 2010
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“It’s disappointing that things should come to this, that the Illinois State Police has succumbed to the defamatory rantings of bigoted individuals who, while in the name of protecting American values, do nothing more than undermine and degrade the very principles this country was founded upon,” said Abraham.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged 50 member organizations, ABC, ABC 7, ABC News, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, Chuck Goudie, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Press Conference, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power
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