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Tag: permit

Daily Herald: DuPage County Board to vote to end legal dispute with Islamic group

June 13, 2013
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Kevin Vodak, CAIR-Chicago’s Litigation Director, defends the Irshad Learning Center near Naperville and aims to help them restore the center with a conditional-use permit.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, DuPage County, education, Irshad Learning Center, Kevin Vodak, Naperville, permit

Chicago Tribune: Small mosque easily wins approval from DuPage

July 5, 2011
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“It’s basically the ideal zoning application for DuPage County, with absolutely no controversy surrounding it,” said Amina Sharif, communications coordinator with the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations. “The area where it’s located is already commercially zoned, next to a synagogue, and there is more than adequate parking there. If the DuPage County Board had rejected this, then we’d have an obvious problem. This is a very easy thing to approve.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Amina Sharif, Board, Bob Goldsborough, chicago, Chicago Tribune, Church, County, DuPage, Islam, Lombard, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Patrick O'Shea, permit, Prayer, Proclaim Truth Charitable Trust, Sabet Siddiqui, synagogue, unincorporated, Willowbrook, 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

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

Call DuPage County, Support MECCA Mosque

March 16, 2011
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The vote is next week! Call the DuPage County Board and show your support for MECCA as well as the other mosques seeking permits: the Islamic Center of the Western Suburbs (ICSW) and the Irshad Learning Center (ILC).

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Posted in Action Alerts, Features, Our News Tagged Development Committee, DuPage County, MECCA, mosque, Muslim Education and Cultural Center of America, permit, Vote, Zoning Board

VOA News: Suburban Chicago Muslim Center Denied Permit

December 6, 2010
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“Here in DuPage county officials seem to be more focused on the types of land that’s available in residential areas and want to appease residents’ concerns rather than the rights of religious institutions,” said Kevin Vodak, attorney for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, Our News Tagged Council on American Islamic Relations, DuPage County, Irshad Learning Center, Kevin Vodak, permit, VOA News, voice of america
 
 
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