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Tag: Middle East

Selective fairness: Fox News on Egypt

December 11, 2012
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There is actually some truth to the claim that Fox News is “Fair and Balanced.” The catch though, is that such treatment only is given to those who subscribe to the network’s right-wing ideology. Anyone else is going to find themselves out of luck.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Opinion Corner Tagged Ahmed Rehab, balance, broadcast, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Debate, democracy, Egypt, Fox News, Hosni Mubarak, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Sean Hannity

Letter to the Editor: USA Today, what's in a name?

December 10, 2012
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In a recent article titled “Israel warns against Palestinian U.N. bid,” dated on November 29th, 2012, USA Today failed to administer a culturally sensitive report, which I find reprehensible by way of lazy journalism.

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Posted in Features, Media Monitor, Opinion Corner Tagged Allah, AP style, Cultural Sensitivity, Islam, Journalism, Letter to the Editor, Middle East, Muslims, names, Reporting, standards, USA TODAY

Letter to the Editor: USA Today, what’s in a name?

December 10, 2012
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In a recent article titled “Israel warns against Palestinian U.N. bid,” dated on November 29th, 2012, USA Today failed to administer a culturally sensitive report, which I find reprehensible by way of lazy journalism.

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Posted in Features, Media Monitor, Opinion Corner Tagged Allah, AP style, Cultural Sensitivity, Islam, Journalism, Letter to the Editor, Middle East, Muslims, names, Reporting, standards, USA TODAY

International delegation meets with CAIR-Chicago

July 16, 2012
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CAIR-Chicago recently hosted an international delegation from the Middle East, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged American Muslims, CAIR Chicago, civil rights, delegation, international, law, Middle East

Gingrich: Does money influence his views on Muslims and Palestine?

January 27, 2012
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Newt Gingrich, the leading republican nominee for president, received $10 million towards his campaign from wealthy, hard-line Israel supporters. In the wake of these generous contributions, Gingrich’s commentary regarding Palestine has caused a legitimate concern amongst many who are aware of the realities regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner Tagged $5 million, AIPAC, American Muslims, Campaign, Funding, Gaza, Islam, Israel, Jerusalem, Middle East, Miriam Adelson, Newt Gingrich, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Sharia, Sheldon Adelson, Tel Aviv, West Bank

Carthage College to visit CAIR-Chicago – January 13, 2012

January 11, 2012
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CAIR-Chicago Communications Coordinators Aymen Abdel Halim and Leena Saleh will be giving a joint presentation discussing the role of women in Islam and the effect media has on the perception of Muslims in America. Attending will be students from Carthage College who are studying the role of women in the literature and arts of the contemporary Middle East.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged Aymen Abdel Halim, CAIR Chicago, Carthage College, identity, Islam, Lecture, Leena Saleh, Media, media framing, Middle East, Politics, Women

Ahmed Rehab Speaks at Independent Sector Convention

November 2, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, was one of the key speakers at this year’s prestigious Independent Sector Annual Conference held at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago from October 30th to November 1st.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Arab Spring, CAIR Chicago, democracy, Independent Sector Annual Convention, Middle East, panel, R-Evolutionary Times, speaker

Business Day: SA should condemn Syrian human rights abuse

July 7, 2011
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“Since the beginning of the peaceful demonstrations in Syria on March 15 this year, 1350 civilians have been killed. An estimated 15000 civilians have been detained, tortured or have disappeared and more than 12000 refugees have fled the country,” Christina Abraham, Civil Rights director at CAIR-Chicago, told the media in Johannesburg today.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Arab, Arab Spring, Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Business Day, Christina Abraham, democracy, Egypt, human rights, Human Rights Watch, Johannesburg, Middle East, revolution, Security Council, South Africa, Syria, United Nations, Yassar Tabbara

WBEZ: Local Reactions to President Obama's Foreign Policy

May 20, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab is the Executive Director of CAIR Chicago: the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He said the President sugar-coats the US demands on Israel. “Would you please do this, pretty please do that? That’s not the message the United States should have. We need to be a lot more courageous and bold and demanding of the right thing.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American Jewish Committee, Arab, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Public Radio, Council on American Islamic Relations, Dan Elbaum, Executive Director, Israel, Middle East, NPR, Obama, Palestine, President, WBEZ

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago Shares Hopes for Obama's Speech on Middle East Policy

May 19, 2011
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“I think the President realizes that this is a historic opportunity for us to shift our foreign policy towards the Arab world, towards acknowledging the fact that it is the millions in the street calling for democracy and freedom, that are the real voice of that part of the world – and not the sporadic, peripheral, marginal, militant radical groups,” said Ahmed Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, Ahmed Rehab, Arab, CAIR Chicago, Executive Director, Freedom, Israel, Middle East, Obama, office, Palestine, President, revolution, September 11, shift, staff, WBEZ
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