CBS2: Ahmed Rehab on #GarlandShootings
“We have to continue to push out the extremists on both sides,” said CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab who spoke with CBS2 Monday about the shootings in Garland, Texas.
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BBC Arabic: Is the concept of "jihad" inevitably linked to acts of violence?
CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, appeared on BBC Arabic to discuss the concept of jihad and the #MyJihad public education campaign.
How American Muslims were also victims of the horrendous attacks on 9/11
Are the portrayals of Muslim Americans by some elected officials and members of the media accurate? Are non-Muslim Americans the only victims of extremism? Should Muslim Americans be obligated to apologize for the actions of a few that distort the true meaning of the Qur’an?
Columbia Chronicle: Senate hearing looks to expose domestic extremism
Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations arranged a viewing of the Senate’s hearing on hate crimes and domestic extremism at their headquarters. The hearing focused on exposing hate crimes and preventing domestic extremism in America.
ACTION ALERT: Thank IL. Rep. Schakowsky for Challenging Anti-Muslim FBI Training
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky defended the Muslim community yesterday during the questioning of FBI Director Robert Mueller by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In her questioning, Rep. Schakowsky focused on allegations that some FBI agents have been trained to view mainstream American Muslims with suspicion and to view the faith of Islam itself as…
Dysfunction in Middle-East was Transplanted There by the West
Regarding reader Keyvan Rafii’s inflammatory comments about what he called the “violent backwardness” and “dysfunction” of the Middle East, I would like to point out that dysfunction is not native to the Middle East. In many cases, dysfunctional leadership was directly transplanted in the Middle East by the West and continues to be enabled by the United States.
Palm Beach Daily News: We are peaceful practicing Muslims and patriotic Americans
Aayan Hirsi Ali claims there are two schools of thought: one that believes Muslims can assimilate in the West, and another, to which she belongs, that believes Islam is not a religion of peace.
Chicago Tribune: Use of Scripture linked to war documents troubles Jewish, Christian leaders
One passage plucked from the New Testament’s Epistle to the Ephesians instructs believers to “put on the full armor of God.” An excerpt from the Old Testament’s Isaiah directs them to “open the gates that the righteous nation may enter.”
Christian Post: New periodical distributes over 325,000 copies of 'Obsession' DVD
The publishers of a new periodical for Christian and Jewish leaders have sent out over 325,000 copies of a highly controversial DVD on radical Islam’s war against the West.
Chicago Public Radio Eight Forty-Eight: Chicago Writer & Activist Discusses Muslim Leadership (AUDIO)
Writer Ahmed Rehab contemplates his role as a Muslim leader.
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