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Tag: Illinois Department of Human Rights

ABC: Muslim Family Sues Forest Preserve for Discrimination

December 30, 2010
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The Chicago Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) filed two complaints in Circuit Court on behalf of Mahmoud Yaqub, his wife, and two children. The Cook County Forest Preserve is being sued for religious discrimination because Yaqub and his family were denied admission to a swimming facility.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Circuit Court, Cook County Forest Preserve, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Mahmoud Yaqub, WLS, Yaqub

CAIR-Chicago Files Complaints Against Cook County Forest Preserve District on Behalf of Muslim Family

December 30, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago filed two complaints in circuit court today against the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. The complaints were filed on behalf of a Muslim family that was barred from entering a children’s water park last year because of their clothing.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center Tagged ABC, ABC 7, Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Christina Abraham, Circuit Court, Cook County Forest Preserve, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Mahmoud Yaqub, Sun-Times, WGN, WLS, Yaqub

Chicago Sun-Times: Muslim Family Claims Bias at Pool Owned by County

December 30, 2010
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed two complaints Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court claiming employees at a public pool discriminated against a Muslim family from Lyons based on their attire.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Chicago Sun-Times, Christina Abraham, cook county circuit court, discrimination, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Lyons, Steve Metsch

UPI: Family: Anti-Muslim bias at public pool

December 30, 2010
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The parents were not planning to swim, only to supervise their children, the lawsuit said. They had previously been admitted when not wearing swimsuits.

“A week later, I sent my sister to go to the water park,” Yaqub told WLS-TV, Chicago. “My sister doesn’t wear the Muslim veil on her head. She went in a running suit, or pajama. She wasn’t wearing swimming trunks. The same lady that denied us entry let my sister in with no problem.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Brookfield, Cermak, Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Christina Abraham, Cook County, discrimination, Family: Anti-Muslim bias at public pool, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Lyons, Mahmoud Yaqub, Muslim, public pool, UPI, woman

WLS 890 AM: Muslim Family Claims County Violated their Rights at Pool

December 30, 2010
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Two lawsuits were filed Wednesday on behalf of a Muslim family which was allegedly barred from entering a Cook County recreational pool last year because of their clothing.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Christina Abraham, discrimination, Forest Preserve District of Cook County, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Lyons, public pool

Chicago Tribune: Public pool discriminated, agency says

October 15, 2010
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A Muslim family was wrongly denied access to an aquatic center in Lyons last summer when employees told them their clothing violated the facility’s rules, state officials said Friday. “This incident is a blatant example of anti-Muslim discrimination,” Christina Abraham, civil rights director for the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said in a statement. “Everyone is entitled to the equal enjoyment of public places.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged anti-Muslim, Bias, Cermak Family Aquatic Center, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, Cook County, discrimination, Faten Alaraj, favorable decision, Gerry Smith, Headscarf, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Islam, Islamophobia, Lyons, Mahmoud Yaqub, Muslim, Muslim family, water park

Public Accommodation Denied to Muslim Man – Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham Files Appeal

August 27, 2008
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Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham filed an appeal with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) on behalf of a Muslim man who was denied public accommodation on the basis of his national origin and religion.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights

Muslim Girl Thrown Out of Library – Appeal Filed

August 26, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago PILI Fellow Elisa Jillson filed an appeal with Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) regarding a Muslim girl who was discriminated against at a public library.

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Posted in Our News Tagged Elisa Jillson, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, PILI Fellow

Discrimination Case Against Macy’s Moves Forward

July 8, 2008
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The Illinois Department of Human Rights recently re-instated a discrimination for public accommodation case involving a local Macy’s and two men of Arab origin.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged discrimination, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights, Macy's

CAIR Chicago Attends Employment Discrimination Interview

July 2, 2008
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CAIR-Chicago PILI Fellow Elisa Jillson attended an interview with the Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) regarding a Muslim man alleging discrimination by a local department store.The man was terminated for not showing up for work, although he had given notice to his manager the day prior

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged civil rights, discrimination, IDHR, Illinois Department of Human Rights
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