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Tag: Chicago Sun-Times

SunTimes: Suspended Wheaton College professor ‘standing up’ with Muslim neighbors

December 17, 2015
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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Larycia Hawkins, Wheaton, Wheaton College

Stephen Franklin and Rummana Hussain Talk “Media and Muslims”

July 28, 2015
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CAIR-Chicago hosted journalists Stephen Franklin and Rummana Hussain to share their experiences in the field.

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Posted in Our News, Uncategorized Tagged CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Journalism

Letter to the Sun-Times Re: ISIS in Chicago

October 14, 2014
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Tuesday’s headline from the Chicago Sun-Times, “ISIS in Chicago”, was not only sensational but inaccurate and misleading. A more accurate headline would have been: “A Chicagoan in ISIS?” (The added question mark underscoring that it is as of yet an allegation, not a finding).

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Top Story Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR Chicago, chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, ISIS

SUN TIMES: ‘The Okra’ website offers satire with a Muslim twist

April 7, 2014
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The satirical website, launched by the Muslim-American duo, features headlines including: “Report: Arab Summit After-Party Gets ‘Totally Awkward’ when Muslim Brotherhood Show Up,” “43-Year-Old Bachelor Thinks He ‘Still Has Shot’ Marrying 20-Something Girls” and “Media Outlets Furious Ethiopian Hijacker Was Not Muslim.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, humor, The Okra

SUN TIMES: Muslim woman says people friendlier when hat, scarf cover hijab

February 12, 2014
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Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago, said his mother and sister have had similar experiences. He said he first began to understand what Muslim women who wear the hijab experience when he walked with his sister in a mall after she started wearing it.

“People would stare at her, and I would stare at them,” he said. “She on the other hand would just look ahead saying, ‘I won’t let it bother me.’ ”

He said the message of Suleiman’s experience is “just like a book, don’t judge a woman by her cover.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, hijab

Chicago Sun Times: Local community organizer takes over National Partnership for New Americans

December 19, 2013
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“I’d definitely say he’s an iconic figure in the movement,” says Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, who counts Hoyt as a mentor.

By “movement,” Rehab was referring to the broader social justice movement, not just immigration

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Our News, Uncategorized Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, ICIRR, Joshua Hoyt, Mark Brown

Chicago Sun-Times: Police trainer’s class canceled after group calls him ‘bigot’

August 20, 2013
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A state law-enforcement board and Lombard officials canceled plans for anti-terrorism trainer Sam Kharoba after a Muslim advocacy group labeled him a “Muslim bigot” and claimed he would be “promoting hate.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, Sam Kharoba

Critical praise for racial profiling: Responding to Hedy Weiss

August 12, 2013
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Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising responds to a review by Hedy Weiss, a Chicago Sun-Times theater critic, in which she advocates for racial profiling to prevent terrorism.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged American Muslims, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hedy Weiss, Jamil Khoury, Muslim, racial profiling, Silk Road Rising, theater

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Muslim leader rips ‘Blow Your Brains Out’ doll

May 6, 2013
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A joke birthday card that depicts an Islamic girl doll as a suicide bomber who’ll “Blow Your Brains Out” drew criticism Satuday as “bigoted and moronic” from a leader of the Chicago area’s Muslim community.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations

Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Muslims hoping Islamophobia doesn’t rise in light of Boston attacks

April 22, 2013
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The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the Friday’s press conference concerning CAIR-Chicago’s response to the Boston bombings.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Boston bombings, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hate, Islamophobia
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