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Tag: Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago

Controversial ‘defeat jihad’ ads show up on CTA buses

November 15, 2012
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CAIR-Chicago’s Director Ahmed Rehab speaks to the Chicago Sun Times about controversial ads on CTA buses, and shares plans of advertising the “My Jihad” national campaign.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged #MyJihad, ad campaign, Ahmed Rehab Executive Director, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, CTA

Join CAIR-Chicago for Illinois Muslim Action Day in Springfield, Illinois

April 10, 2012
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The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago is organizing a statewide day of Action to the Muslim community. Join CIOGC with other Muslim communities to speak to our state legislators in our state capitol. Buses will drive down to Springfield so that all Illinois Muslims may be able to advocate for common good together.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged Adovocacy, Arabic, CAIR Chicago, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, education, health care, legislators, Muslim, Springfield, youth

CAIR-Chicago's Communications Coordinator, Amina Sharif to Speak at Lowe's Townhall – January 15, 2012

January 11, 2012
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Communications Coordinator Amina Sharif will be speaking at a town hall meeting this Sunday at the Orland Park Prayer Center regarding the Lowe’s controversy. All are welcome to attend and share their thoughts.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged All-American Muslim, American Islamic Association of Frankfort, Amina Sharif, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations Chicago, Illinois, jewish council of urban affairs, Law Office of Maaria Mozaffar, Lowe's, OPPC, orland park prayer center, Prayer Center of Orland Park, TLC, town hall

CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator, Amina Sharif to Speak at Lowe’s Townhall – January 15, 2012

January 11, 2012
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Communications Coordinator Amina Sharif will be speaking at a town hall meeting this Sunday at the Orland Park Prayer Center regarding the Lowe’s controversy. All are welcome to attend and share their thoughts.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged All-American Muslim, American Islamic Association of Frankfort, Amina Sharif, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations Chicago, Illinois, jewish council of urban affairs, Law Office of Maaria Mozaffar, Lowe's, OPPC, orland park prayer center, Prayer Center of Orland Park, TLC, town hall

Civil Rights, Interfaith Leaders Hold Press Conference to Condemn Controversial Provisions of Senate Bill S. 1867

December 8, 2011
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On Thursday, December 8, civil rights and interfaith leaders held a press conference at the CAIR-Chicago office to condemn the controversial new provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867) which passed in the Senate last week. SEE PHOTOS

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged (S. 1867), Action Alert, American, attorney, CAIR Chicago, CIOGC, citizen, Constitution, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, crime, defense, FBI, imprisonment, indefinite, indefinite detention, JACL, JCUA, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, lawyer, military, National Defense Authorization Act, National Lawyers Guild, NLG, President, Senate, senators, Trial, unconstitutional, veto, White House

PRESS CONFERENCE: Civil Rights, Interfaith Leaders to Condemn Controversial Senate Bill

December 7, 2011
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On Thursday, December 8, the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), along with other civil rights and interfaith groups, will hold a press conference calling on Congress and President Obama to reject the U.S. Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act (S. 1867).

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Posted in Press Center Tagged (S. 1867), Action Alert, American, attorney, CAIR Chicago, CIOGC, citizen, Constitution, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, crime, defense, FBI, imprisonment, indefinite, indefinite detention, JACL, Japanese American Citizens League, JCUA, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, lawyer, military, National Defense Authorization Act, National Lawyers Guild, NLG, President, Senate, senators, Trial, unconstitutional, veto, White House

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

The Daily Herald: Suburban Muslims feel closure

May 3, 2011
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Like many fellow Americans, Muslims also are eager to see an end to America’s ongoing military involvement in the world, said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago.

“This incident shows what we’ve been saying all along that it’s good intelligence and surgical strikes that are most effective in dealing with terrorists and not military occupation, certainly not the war in Iraq or the curbing of civil liberties and civil rights domestically,” Rehab said.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Al-Qaida, CAIR Chicago, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Justice, Osama bin Laden, The Daily Herald

Amina Sharif and Kevin Vodak participate in "Not in My Backyard"

April 28, 2011
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On April 23rd, Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak, and Communications Coordinator Amina Sharif participated in a summit about the zoning process for mosques in Illinois.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Amina Sharif, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Kevin Vodak, Mosques, Not In My Backyard, zoning

Amina Sharif and Kevin Vodak participate in “Not in My Backyard”

April 28, 2011
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On April 23rd, Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak, and Communications Coordinator Amina Sharif participated in a summit about the zoning process for mosques in Illinois.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Amina Sharif, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Kevin Vodak, Mosques, Not In My Backyard, zoning
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