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CAIR-Chicago Hosts another Successful Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) – SEE PHOTOS!

September 27, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago sponsored the eighth session of the Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) this past Saturday, September 24th. Over 50 youth participants attended and listened to presentations by five local Muslim leaders and professionals. The symposium highlighted topics related to self-identity, media effects, activism and leadership.

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Posted in Features, Multimedia, Our News, Photo Album Tagged 2011, 50 participants, activism, civic engagement, Gerald Hankerson, identity, Islam, islamic school, Leadership, Maria Omar, Media, media effects, Mike Swies, Muslim, Muslim youth, Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium, MYLS, Ndidi Okakpu, Omer Mozaffar, Outreach Coordinator, political empowerment, Sadaf Syed

PRESS RELEASE: Judge Denies DuPage County's Attempt to Dismiss Mosque's Complaint

March 29, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago welcomes today’s decision by District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer to deny DuPage County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the county by the Irshad Learning Center, a Naperville mosque.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged CAIR Chicago, complaint, County, District Court Judge, DuPage, ILC, Iran, Iranian, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Islamophobia, Judge Pallmeyer, Kevin Vodak, Lawsuit, mosque, Muslim, Naperville, permit, Rebecca Pallmeyer, Staff Attorney, zoning

PRESS RELEASE: Judge Denies DuPage County’s Attempt to Dismiss Mosque’s Complaint

March 29, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago welcomes today’s decision by District Court Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer to deny DuPage County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the county by the Irshad Learning Center, a Naperville mosque.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged CAIR Chicago, complaint, County, District Court Judge, DuPage, ILC, Iran, Iranian, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Islamophobia, Judge Pallmeyer, Kevin Vodak, Lawsuit, mosque, Muslim, Naperville, permit, Rebecca Pallmeyer, Staff Attorney, zoning

Glen Ellyn Sun: A new look at faith group zoning rules

July 30, 2010
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A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two zoning proposals from Islamic groups.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two, Amina Sharif, Bob Schillerstrom, discrimination, DuPage County, Glen Ellyn Sun, ILC, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center of the Western Suburbs, islamic school, Islamophobia, Joe Birkett, Judge Rebecca Pallmyer, Keeping the faith, Kevin Vodak, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Naperville, Newspaper, Paul Darrah, Pray, Prayer, State's Attorney, Susan Carlman, Susan Frick Carlman

Naperville Sun: Documents piling up in Irshad case

July 2, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak talks to the Naperville Sun about recent developments in the Irshad Learning Center’s lawsuit against Dupage County.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, Amina Sharif, Bob Schillerstrom, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Islamophobia, Joe Birkett, Judge Rebecca Pallmyer, Keeping the faith, Kevin Vodak, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Naperville, Naperville Sun, Newspaper, Paul Darrah, Pray, Prayer, State's Attorney, Susan Carlman

Naperville Sun: Keeping the faith

June 13, 2010
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The Naperville Sun’s Susan Carlman illustrates a regular day for congregants at the Irshad Learning Center. The ILC recently made headlines when the DuPage County Board rejected their request for a zoning permit to build an Islamic School. CAIR-Chicago is suing DuPage county on the ILC’s behalf.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, Amina Sharif, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Islamophobia, Keeping the faith, Kevin Vodak, Muslim, Naperville Sun, Newspaper, Pray, Prayer, Susan Carlman

Naperville Sun: Muslim center planners still pressing ahead

January 15, 2010
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“the fight’s not over, and they will try to appeal the decision,” Amina Sharif, the nonprofit’s communications coordinator, said. “We are concerned that anti-Muslim sentiments expressed during the meeting may have wrongly influenced the decision,” she said. “That is something that concerns us, and that we may challenge.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Amina Sharif, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Kevin Vodak, Muslim, Naperville, Naperville Sun

Chicago Tribune: DuPage County rejects proposed Islamic center

January 13, 2010
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“We fear that the board may have acted on improper factors in rejecting the Irshad Learning Center’s permit, and we will continue to pursue this matter in hopes of achieving a just resolution,” said Kevin Vodak, attorney with the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which will be representing Irshad as it considers appealing the county’s ruling.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Chicago Tribune, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, islamic school, Kevin Vodak, Muslim, Naperville

Chicago Tribune: Mosques, Islamic Schools Face Hard Road in Suburbs

April 24, 2005
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Muslims move in, but facilities often fought

Invitations were delivered to every neighbor along Old Orchard Road in Harvard. But when the day arrived to meet the likely new owners of the brick church at the end of their street, no one showed up.

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