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Vimeo: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Egypt's Transition to Democracy

March 4, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab and fellow activist Laith Saud discuss their recent experiences in Egypt and the country’s transition to democracy.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, blog, Delal Pektas, democracy, Egypt, Laith Saud, Medill, Mubarak, revolution, vimeo

Vimeo: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Egypt’s Transition to Democracy

March 4, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab and fellow activist Laith Saud discuss their recent experiences in Egypt and the country’s transition to democracy.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, blog, Delal Pektas, democracy, Egypt, Laith Saud, Medill, Mubarak, revolution, vimeo

MEDILL: Muslim Brotherhood lacks popularity to govern Egypt, experts say

February 10, 2011
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As protests continue to grow in Egypt, speculations regarding who will take President Hosni Mubarak’s place grow as well. For the past two weeks, U.S. media coverage has portrayed the Muslim Brotherhood to be first in line to succeed Mubarak’s regime. However, some say the Muslim Brotherhood is not as radical as most people think.

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, Our News Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Amarita Bansal, Egypt, Medill, Medill Reports, Muslim Brotherhood, Northwestern University

Medill Reports: 'People look at us and get the wrong impression'

January 18, 2011
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“Islamophobia is the last form of racism that is tolerated in mainstream America,” said Amina Sharif, CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator. “You won’t see Fox News go out of its way to defend anti-black or anti-Semitic comments but they went out of their way to defend an Islamophobic statement.”

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Amina Sharif, anti-Semitic, Black, Burqa, Communications Coordinator, Fox, Greyhound, hijab, Islam, Islamophobia, islamophobic, Jacqueline Pasha, Juan Williams, Medill, Muslim, Niqaab, Osama bin Laden, protest, rally, Sridhar Natarajan

Medill Reports: ‘People look at us and get the wrong impression’

January 18, 2011
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“Islamophobia is the last form of racism that is tolerated in mainstream America,” said Amina Sharif, CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator. “You won’t see Fox News go out of its way to defend anti-black or anti-Semitic comments but they went out of their way to defend an Islamophobic statement.”

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Amina Sharif, anti-Semitic, Black, Burqa, Communications Coordinator, Fox, Greyhound, hijab, Islam, Islamophobia, islamophobic, Jacqueline Pasha, Juan Williams, Medill, Muslim, Niqaab, Osama bin Laden, protest, rally, Sridhar Natarajan

New TSA regulations: Invasive or Reasonable?

December 6, 2010
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“A particular concern would be women who wear the hijab because obviously their standards of modesty are probably higher than most people and so they are more concerned about the groping, they are more concerned about the invasion of privacy,” said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on Islamic Relations in Chicago.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Our News, Uncategorized Tagged airport security, Body-Scanners, Delal Pektas, Maryam Al-Zoubi, Medill, pat-down, TSA

Medill Reports: Obama’s efforts in Middle East are working, ambassadors say

October 21, 2010
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While Obama’s rhetoric has been encouraging, Muslims want to see more done, Amina Sharif, communications coordinator of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Thursday.

“Words are nice but action would be better,” she said.

There has been too little progress on a resolution between Israel and Palestine and Muslims are concerned about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sharif said.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Amina Sharif, Cairo, Communications Coordinator, Council on American Islamic Relations, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Kate Shepherd, Medill, Middle East, Muslim, Obama, Palestine

Christina Abraham Speaks to Northwestern Journalism Class about the Patriot Act and Civil Liberties

July 30, 2010
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Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham gave a lecture on the Patriot Act and other national security policies to students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Abraham discussed how these laws have affected Muslims in America particularly regarding immigration, travel, and relations with law enforcement.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, discrimination, FBI, FBI interviews, immigration, Journalism, Medill, Muslim-Americans, National Security Policies, Northwestern, Northwestern University, PATRIOT Act, school, Students, Tim McNulty, Timothy McNulty, travel, University

Medill: Coffee and conversation finds common ground between Muslims and Jews

May 26, 2010
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“There may be differences in political viewpoint and cultural viewpoint, but there’s often far more similarities,” said Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson. “We really cultivate the idea that we should be proactive based on our faith traditions to make a better society here in Chicago.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Coffee, Criminal Justice, Gerald Hankerson, Imam Al-Deen Islam, JCUA, Jew, Jewish, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Jewish Muslim Community Building Initiative, JMCBI, Medill, Muslim, Outreach Coordinator, Rabbi Larry Edwards

Medill Reports: For Muslims in the U.S., discrimination is an uncomfortable fact of life

January 29, 2010
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“If you enter any Islamic mosque or center and talk to Muslims there, almost every single one has been a victim of discrimination or harassment of some kind,” Sharif said.

A Gallup Poll released last week showed that 53 percent of Americans view Islam negatively and more than four out of 10 admit to being at least a little prejudiced against Muslims.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Amina Sharif, discrimination, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Gallup Poll, hate crime, Islam, Medill, Muslim, Prejudice, stereotype
 
 
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