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Tag: hijab

[Press Release] CAIR-Chicago and Aurora Public Library Join Forces to Initiate Healing

April 27, 2018
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Posted in Events/Workshops, Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, aurora, Aurora Public Library, CAIR Chicago, Cultural Sensitivity, hijab, Islamophobia

[Press Release] CAIR-Chicago Calls for Removal of Islamophobic Poem from Aurora Public Library

April 22, 2018
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Posted in Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Aurora Public Library, hijab, Illinois, Islamophobia, Muslim, Press Release

Chicago Tribune: Wheaton College student urges hijabs be worn on holiday flights, backs professor

December 18, 2015
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The student who inspired a Wheaton College professor to don a hijab

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, chicago, Christian, Council on American Islamic Relations, hijab, Illinois, Larycia Hawkins, Muslims, professor, solidarity, Students, Suspended, Wheaton, Wheaton College

Patheos: Wheaton’s Big Misstep in Muslim-Christian Show of Solidarity

December 18, 2015
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Is the question really about whether Islam and Christianity can identify with each other?

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, chicago, Christian, Council on American Islamic Relations, hijab, Illinois, Larycia Hawkins, Muslims, professor, solidarity, Students, Suspended, Wheaton, Wheaton College

PRESS RELEASE: Wheaton College Students to Wear Hijabs on Flights Home in Solidarity with Muslims

December 17, 2015
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The Guardian: Chicago Christian college suspends professor after headscarf comments

December 17, 2015
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NBC: Prof Suspended After Donning Hijab Backed by CAIR-Chicago

December 17, 2015
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CAIR-Chicago was steadfast in its support of a college professor

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PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago Dismayed by Wheaton College Suspension of Professor Hawkins

December 16, 2015
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Posted in Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, chicago, hijab, Illinois, Layricia Hawkins, Wheaton, Wheaton College

Chicago Tribune: Wheaton College students back suspended professor wearing hijab

December 16, 2015
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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, discrimination, hijab, Illinois, Larycia Hawkins, theology, Wheaton, Wheaton College

SUN TIMES: Muslim woman says people friendlier when hat, scarf cover hijab

February 12, 2014
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Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago, said his mother and sister have had similar experiences. He said he first began to understand what Muslim women who wear the hijab experience when he walked with his sister in a mall after she started wearing it.

“People would stare at her, and I would stare at them,” he said. “She on the other hand would just look ahead saying, ‘I won’t let it bother me.’ ”

He said the message of Suleiman’s experience is “just like a book, don’t judge a woman by her cover.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, hijab
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