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Tag: Fear Mongering

FOX Business: Christina Abraham takes on Robert Spencer

March 10, 2011
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Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director at CAIR-Chicago, debates anti-Muslim blogger Robert Spencer over Rep. Peter King’s Islamophobic hearings on “Radical Islam” in America.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged American, anti-Muslim, Christina Abraham, Congress, Congressional, Eric Bolling, Fear Mongering, Hearing, Islam, Islamophobia, Loon Watch, Muslim, Peter King, Press Conference, Radical, Radicalization, Rep King, Robert Spencer, Spencer Watch, Terror, terrorism

WGN: Chicago Muslims Respond to King Hearing

March 10, 2011
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Muslim Americans in Chicago call Thursday’s hearings embarrassing; Embarrassing to Muslims and Embarrassing to Americans as a whole. The result is America is no better off today than it was yesterday when it comes to representing the intentions and the population of the Muslim people in the United States.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American, anti-Muslim, Christina Abraham, Congress, Congressional, Fear Mongering, Hearing, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Peter King, Press Conference, Radical, Radicalization, Rep King, Terror, terrorism, WGN, Yaser Tabbara

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago responds to King hearings on radicalization of Muslim Americans

March 10, 2011
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“It seemed like a political circus. It seemed like it was for political show and not an honest attempt by Rep. Peter King to address the issue of radicalization,” said CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, in a press conference responding to the congressional hearings.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab, American, anti-Muslim, Congress, Congressional, Fear Mongering, Hearing, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Peter King, Press Conference, Radical, Radicalization, Rep King, Terror, terrorism

VOA News: Muslim Americans in Illinois Criticize Capitol Hill Hearing

March 10, 2011
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“The whole issue of Muslim community, radicalization, Islamaphobia, etc, it is being politicized more and more,” said Ahmed Rehab. “And as we approach the next presidential elections, I fear it may explode just like it did with the last presidential election cycle. I think it’s absolutely ridiculous that this is happening. It’s not good for our nation. It’s not an intelligent way to discuss the issues. It’s insulting.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahlam Jbara, Ahmed Rehab, American, anti-Muslim, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Congress, Congressional, Fear Mongering, Hearing, Illinois Musim Action Day, IMAD, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Peter King, Press Conference, Radical, Radicalization, Rep King, Springfield, Terror, terrorism, WGN, Yaser Tabbara, Zaher Sahloul

Naperville Sun: Labels are inflammatory and wrong

April 21, 2010
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In this editorial piece, Christina Abraham, CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Director, discusses the fear-mongering and guilt-by-association tactics used by many Islamophobes to smear Muslim institutions. Abraham also explains the troublesome and meaningless “unindicted co-conspirator” label that is maligning hundreds of Muslim organizations and individuals.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Christina Abraham, DuPage County, Fear Mongering, guilt by association, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamophobe, islamophobic, Muslim, Naperville Sun, smear campaigns, unindicted co-conspirator

Thank the Chicago Sun-Times for Positive Editorial

February 29, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago is urging American Muslims and other people of conscience to thank the Sun-Times for a staff editorial challenging disgraceful fear-mongering in the presidential campaigns.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago Sun-Times, Fear Mongering, Kenya, Presidential Campaign
 
 
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