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Tag: Muslims

Huffington Post: Why Racial Profiling Makes for Dumb Security

January 7, 2010
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After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab slipped by airport security only to be stopped thanks to the vigilance of fellow passengers, a debate on the effectiveness of airport security and counter-terrorism intelligence is no doubt in order. But trying to fix a problem without actually fixing the problem is misguided. Trying to fix it by introducing a new problem is dumb. This guy seemed to have left every clue short of raise his hand and proclaim, “Arrest me, I am a terrorist!”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Christmas Bomber, Counter-Terrorism, Department of Homeland Security, Huffington Post, Islam, Muslims, national security, News, Politics, racial profiling, terrorism, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Underwear Bomber

Guilty Plea Satisfies Suburban Muslim

January 6, 2010
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Amal Abusumayah says Valerie Kenney, 54, complained loudly in a Tinley Park grocery aisle about a November shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Police say Kenney also pulled on Abusumayah’s headscarf.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged Amal Abusumayah, CAIR Chicago, Cook County, Fort Hood, Headscarf, Muslims, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

How YOU can Help Immigration Reform TODAY

December 16, 2009
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Yesterday, Congressman Luis Gutierrez and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus introduced their immigration reform bill, aptly titled the “CIR ASAP Act.” Its the first bill to provide a comprehensive plan, and clearly lays out many of the realistic solutions that we have been pushing for.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged CAIR Chicago, CIR ASAP Act, community, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressman Luis Gutierrez, immigration reform, Muslims

Hate crimes against Muslims hit ‘Midwest Americana’ in Tinley Park

November 19, 2009
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Tinley Park has been the scene of two recent incidents targeting Muslims. Two days after the Fort Hood shootings, a Tinley Park woman allegedly yanked the head scarf off a local Muslim woman and made derogatory comments. A day later, a Muslim family found derogatory graffiti on their Tinley Park home.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged A Pew Research Center, Amal Abusumayah, CAIR Chicago, chicago, hate crime, hijab, Islamic council, Muslims, Tinley Park, Tinley Park Police Cmdr. Pat McCain, Valerie Kenney

Muslims frustrated by focus on religion in Fort Hood shooting

November 10, 2009
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As investigators grapple with the questions following the Fort Hood shootings, they examine a possible correlation between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s religious beliefs and Thursday’s shooting spree, Chicago Muslim organizations and academics not only fear retribution, but are frustrated by a perceived public demand to apologize for or explain one individual’s maniacal acts.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged Al-Qaeda, CAIR Chicago, Fort Hood, Green Hills Public Library, Louise Cainkar, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, Muslims, Religion, shooting, “Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience after 9/11”

Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham Delivers Lecture at DePaul University

October 19, 2009
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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham delivered a lecture at a DePaul University multiculturalism seminar. Abraham discussed the political climate in the United States against Arabs and Muslims post-911.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Our News Tagged Arabs, Christina Abraham, Civil Rights Director, DePaul University, discrimination, multiculturalism seminar, Muslims, post 911, racism, Stereotypes

Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham to Speak at Northwestern Law School

March 3, 2009
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WHAT: Lessons from History: Japanese-American Internment and the War on Terror

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops Tagged Christina Abraham, civil rights, internment, japanese, Muslims, Northwestern Law School, Northwestern University School of Law, World War II, WWII

Washington Post: Muslims strive for tolerance — and votes

October 24, 2008
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Mukit Hossain has been up since 5 a.m., crisscrossing Northern Virginia in his tiny 10-year-old pickup truck to help turn out the Muslim vote in a presidential campaign that has left many Muslims feeling marginalized.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Elections, Islam, Mosques, Muslims, Voting

Press Release: Police Investigating Vandalism and Possible Hate Crime Against Chicago-Area Mosque

October 10, 2008
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced today that the Islamic Foundation mosque of Villa Park was vandalized Thursday for the fourth time in less than two months.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Press Center Tagged civil rights, hate crime, Islamic Foundation, Muslims, vandalism

CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Speaks on Panel at Columbia College

April 24, 2007
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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham spoke on a panel at Columbia College in Chicago, addressing the students of a course entitled “Human Rights: History, Ideology and Spin

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged Amnest International, Christina Abraham, civil rights, Human Rights: History Ideology and Spin, immigration, Islam, LGBT, Lisa Koop, Middle East, Muslims, National Immigrant Justice Center, Robert Schultz, terrorism
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