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

August 30, 2010

| Categories: Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media

“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.

CAIR-Chicago Calls Out Steven Emerson’s Islamophobic Smear Campaign

June 23, 2010

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| Categories: Features, Press Center

At a press conference today, CAIR-Chicago and an interfaith community coalition responded to a recent decision by the Illinois State Police (ISP) to revoke a chaplaincy position previously extended and confirmed for Imam Kifah Mustafa, a leading Chicago Muslim cleric. (See Press Release HERE))

ISP revoked its decision citing an internet report attacking Imam Kifah that was written and distributed by Steven Emerson, an anti-Muslim blogger who has a well-known reputation for fighting against American Muslim civic participation.
Read FAIR’s detailed expose on Steven Emerson and his dubious work,
HERE

CAIR-Chicago Calls Out Steven Emerson's Islamophobic Smear Campaign