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Tag: Illinois State Police

ABC 7: Group challenges Muslim chaplain’s dismissal from force

June 24, 2010
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“It’s disappointing that things should come to this, that the Illinois State Police has succumbed to the defamatory rantings of bigoted individuals who, while in the name of protecting American values, do nothing more than undermine and degrade the very principles this country was founded upon,” said Abraham.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged 50 member organizations, ABC, ABC 7, ABC News, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, Chuck Goudie, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Press Conference, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

ABC 7: Group challenges Muslim chaplain's dismissal from force

June 24, 2010
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| Categories: Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips

“It’s disappointing that things should come to this, that the Illinois State Police has succumbed to the defamatory rantings of bigoted individuals who, while in the name of protecting American values, do nothing more than undermine and degrade the very principles this country was founded upon,” said Abraham.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged 50 member organizations, ABC, ABC 7, ABC News, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, Chuck Goudie, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Press Conference, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

Chicago Tribune: Group claims bias in chaplain case

June 24, 2010
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a discrimination claim with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Wednesday, the precursor to a lawsuit against Illinois State Police, after it rescinded its first appointment of a Muslim cleric as chaplain.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Manya A. Brachear, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

Daily Herald: Muslim chaplain removed

June 24, 2010
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Kifah Mustapha, a well-known Chicago-area imam, was appointed chaplain in December. The Council on American-Islamic Relations is representing him and said Mustapha was told by a state police official his appointment was put on hold after criticism by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, a think-tank.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Daily Herald, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

Huffington Post: Kifah Mustapha, Muslim Appointee As Chaplain For Illinois State Police, Turned Away Following Background Check

June 24, 2010
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The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of the agency’s first Muslim chaplain, citing only information revealed during a background check. A national Muslim advocacy group Wednesday blamed the move on Islamophobia.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehan, AP, Associated Press, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Huffington Post, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Sophia Tareen, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

FOX News: Muslim State Police Chaplain's Appointment Revoked

June 23, 2010
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The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of a prominent cleric to become the department’s first Muslim chaplain.

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR’s executive director in Chicago, called it discrimination against Muslims, especially since Imam Kifah Mustapha hasn’t been formally accused of wrongdoing.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Fox, Fox News, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

FOX News: Muslim State Police Chaplain’s Appointment Revoked

June 23, 2010
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The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of a prominent cleric to become the department’s first Muslim chaplain.

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR’s executive director in Chicago, called it discrimination against Muslims, especially since Imam Kifah Mustapha hasn’t been formally accused of wrongdoing.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Fox, Fox News, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power

Associated Press: Your request is being processed… Kifah Mustapha, Muslim Appointee As Chaplain For Illinois State Police, Turned Away Following Background Check

June 23, 2010
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Ahmed Rehab, CAIR’s executive director in Chicago, called it discrimination against Muslims, especially since Mustapha hasn’t been formally accused of wrongdoing.

“The ISP is kowtowing to the run-of-the-mill fear-mongering that Islamophobes have devoted their careers in order to avoid a public relations controversy,” he said.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehab, AP, Associated Press, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, Huffington Post, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustapha, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Sophia Tareen, Steven Emerson The, United Power

Sun-Times: Imam to file suit against state police

June 23, 2010
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A Bridgeview imam will file a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Illinois State Police, his lawyer said Wednesday, alleging that police force fired him based on misleading and anti-Islamic media reports.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehan, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Chicago Sun-Times, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power, Vernon Clement Jones

Chicago Public Radio: State Police Revoke Muslim Chaplain's Appointment

June 23, 2010
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The Illinois State Police have revoked the appointment of the force’s first Muslim chaplain.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged 50 member organizations, Ahmed Rehan, blog, CCDBR, chaplain, Chicago Public Radio, Christina Abraham, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, ICIRR, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Illinois State Police, Islam, Islamophobia, ISP, Kifah Mustafa, Mosque Foundation, Muslim, Muslim Chaplain, Odette Yousef, Steven Emerson, The Chicago Coalition to Defend the Bill of Rights, United Power, WBEZ
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