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Amina Sharif Speaks at Lowe’s Townhall Meeting

January 18, 2012
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Amina Sharif, CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator, spoke at an Orland Park townhall meeting on Jan. 15. She presented on a panel with three other leaders from different faith organizations.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged All-American Muslim controversy, Amina Sharif, Anya Cordell, CAIR Chicago, Communications Coordinator, Dima Ansari, Florida Family Association, interfaith organizations, Jan Shaulis, Jan. 15, Jane Ramsey, Lowe's, Orland Park, Southwest Interfaith Team, Swift, The Jewish Council of Urban Affairs, Townhall Meeting

Amina Sharif of CAIR-Chicago on the Lowe’s Scandal

December 15, 2011
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Amina Sharif is the communications coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago Chapter. She speaks with Vocalo’s Shantell Jamison about the recent Lowe’s decision to pull ad space from TLC’s “All American Muslim” program and what this says about the American sentiment of Islam.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged 89.5, ads, advertisement, All-American Muslim, Amina Sharif, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, Chicago Public Radio, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, radio, reality show, Shantell Jamison, sponsor, Vocalo

Amina Sharif of CAIR-Chicago on the Lowe's Scandal

December 15, 2011
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Amina Sharif is the communications coordinator for the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago Chapter. She speaks with Vocalo’s Shantell Jamison about the recent Lowe’s decision to pull ad space from TLC’s “All American Muslim” program and what this says about the American sentiment of Islam.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged 89.5, ads, advertisement, All-American Muslim, Amina Sharif, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, Chicago Public Radio, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, radio, reality show, Shantell Jamison, sponsor, Vocalo

WGN Radio: Jonathon Brandmeier talks to CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab about Lowe’s All-American Muslim Controversy

December 14, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab talks to WGN Radio’s Jonathon Brandmeier about how the home improvement chain, Lowe’s, gave in to anti-Muslim bigotry when it decided to pull its ads off the show ‘All-American Muslim’.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Jonathon Brandmeier, Lowe's, Muslim, radio, reality show, sponsor, TLC, WGN

WGN Radio: Jonathon Brandmeier talks to CAIR-Chicago's Ahmed Rehab about Lowe's All-American Muslim Controversy

December 14, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab talks to WGN Radio’s Jonathon Brandmeier about how the home improvement chain, Lowe’s, gave in to anti-Muslim bigotry when it decided to pull its ads off the show ‘All-American Muslim’.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Jonathon Brandmeier, Lowe's, Muslim, radio, reality show, sponsor, TLC, WGN

Sun-Times: Backlash over Lowe’s pulling ads from Muslim show

December 13, 2011
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“It’s a stupid decision morally and a stupid decision economically,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on Islamic-American Relations Chicago. “They need to acknowledge their error and that they got duped by right-wing bigots, apologize and resume their ads.”

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, reality show, sponsor, Sun-Times, TLC

Islamophobia Today: Let’s Face it – It’s the Radical Right, not Islam, that is the Greatest Threat to the American Way

December 13, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab discusses the ridiculous decision by the chain store Lowe’s to pull it advertisements from the show ‘All-American Muslim.’ “Imagine if a major American advertiser were to pull its ads off of ‘Jersey Shore’ because they received objections that the show, while portraying a group of Italian-Americans, made the glaring error of excluding Mafiosi,” writes Rehab.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Islamophobia Today, Lowe's, Muslim, reality show, sponsor, TLC

NBC 5: CAIR-Chicago Criticizes Lowe's for Pulling Ads from 'All-American Muslim'

December 12, 2011
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“We were really disappointed and stunned that Lowe’s, a major corporation, would take such a stupid decision to side with bigotry,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of CAIR-Chicago. Rehab called the group’s action a step in the wrong direction and an insult to the Muslim community.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, NBC, NBC 5, sponsor, TLC, WMAQ

NBC 5: CAIR-Chicago Criticizes Lowe’s for Pulling Ads from ‘All-American Muslim’

December 12, 2011
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“We were really disappointed and stunned that Lowe’s, a major corporation, would take such a stupid decision to side with bigotry,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of CAIR-Chicago. Rehab called the group’s action a step in the wrong direction and an insult to the Muslim community.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, NBC, NBC 5, sponsor, TLC, WMAQ

Chicago Tribune: Lowe’s criticized after fleeing Muslim reality show

December 12, 2011
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Chicago activist, Ahmed Rehab, said a conference call was planned with Muslim groups and other groups to craft a response. He said it is not too late, however, for Lowe’s to fix things. “There will be room for reconciliation,” he said. “We would call on Lowe’s to do the right thing and apologize for their really insane action and to reverse the decision to pull out.”

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media Tagged ads, advertisement, Ahmed Rehab, All-American Muslim, anti-Muslim, bigotry, boycott, Chicago Tribune, commercial, Florida Family Association, Islam, Islamophobia, Lowe's, Muslim, reality show, sponsor, TLC
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