Amina Sharif, communications director for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, told the Chicago Tribune that the book fails to separate extremist radicals from the majority of Muslims.
Ahmed Rehab talks to Ed Schultz about what’s happening in Egypt shortly after Mubarak said he would not step down, as well as what needs to be done in the country in order for a peaceful revolution to be successful.
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC from Tahrir Square as Egyptians, and the whole world, wait for Mubarak’s resignation.
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC from Tahrir Square as Egyptians, and the whole world, wait for Mubarak’s resignation.
“He gave a 50,000-word speech that didn’t include the only word people wanted to hear, which is goodbye, said Ahmed Rehab, a democracy activist from Chicago in Egypt to join the protests. “Everybody was just sitting there not listening except for that word and when they didn’t hear it, that’s it, they were done. They didn’t want to hear anything else.”
“What I can tell you is that one of the demands of this revolution was change. People want democracy. They want freedom. They want human rights,” said Ahmed Rehab.
“They want transparency in government. And they want an end to the politically corrupt atmosphere that really permeates many levels of government. Not just at the very top, but through all levels.”
Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, discusses the stabbing of a Muslim cab driver in NYC whose attacker first asked “are you Muslim?”. Rehab also talks about the danger of anti-Muslim propaganda driven by Islamophobes opposed to Park 51, the proposed Muslim community center near Ground Zero.
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC’s Tamron Hall about the Islamophobia that is at the heart of the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy. Rehab also discusses the growing anti-Muslim network in the United States which seeks to delegitimize American Muslims.
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC’s Tamron Hall about the Islamophobia that is at the heart of the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy. Rehab also discusses the growing anti-Muslim network in the United States which seeks to delegitimize American Muslims.
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 11/19/04) – CAIR is once again calling on people of conscience to demand an apology from the MSNBC cable television network for anti-Arab/anti-Muslim remarks made on its “Imus in the Morning” program.
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