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Tag: extremism

CBS2: Ahmed Rehab on #GarlandShootings

May 5, 2015
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“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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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, extremism, Garland Shootings, promote nonviolence, religious extremism

BBC Arabic: Is the concept of "jihad" inevitably linked to acts of violence?

December 28, 2012
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, appeared on BBC Arabic to discuss the concept of jihad and the #MyJihad public education campaign.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, TV Clips, Uncategorized Tagged #MyJihad, Ahmed Rehab, Arabic, BBC, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Executive Director, extremism, Islamophobia, jihad

How American Muslims were also victims of the horrendous attacks on 9/11

September 25, 2012
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| Categories: Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner

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?

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Opinion Corner Tagged 9/11, anti-Muslim, attacks, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, extremism, Interfaith, terrorism, U.S., victims

Columbia Chronicle: Senate hearing looks to expose domestic extremism

September 25, 2012
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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.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Dick Durbin, event, extremism, FBI, hate crimes, Senate Heraing, Sikhs, viewing

ACTION ALERT: Thank IL. Rep. Schakowsky for Challenging Anti-Muslim FBI Training

October 7, 2011
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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…

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Posted in Action Alerts, Features Tagged Action Alert, anti-Muslim, Challenging, counterterrorism, extremism, FBI, Illinois, Islam, Muslim, questioning, Robert Mueller, Schakowsky, suspicion, terrorism, Thank, Training

Dysfunction in Middle-East was Transplanted There by the West

September 8, 2009
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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.

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged Afghanistan, Daily Herald, extremism, Iran, Iraq, Middle East

Palm Beach Daily News: We are peaceful practicing Muslims and patriotic Americans

May 30, 2009
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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.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged assimilation, extremism, Islam

Chicago Tribune: Use of Scripture linked to war documents troubles Jewish, Christian leaders

May 25, 2009
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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.”

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Bush, Christianity, extremism, Rumsfeld, War on Iraq

Christian Post: New periodical distributes over 325,000 copies of 'Obsession' DVD

October 20, 2008
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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.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged civil rights, discrimination, extremism

Chicago Public Radio Eight Forty-Eight: Chicago Writer & Activist Discusses Muslim Leadership (AUDIO)

July 23, 2007
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Writer Ahmed Rehab contemplates his role as a Muslim leader.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged activism, Ahmed Rehab, Chicago Public Radio, extremism, NPR, Steve Edwards
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