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Tag: pluralism

An Evening on Islam and Muslims in Indonesia and Malaysia – May 16th

May 9, 2012
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Professor Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud will highlight new developments within the regions and discuss Indonesian and Malaysian cultures and traditions.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged CAIR-Chicago Gallery, Indonesia, Islam, Malaysia, pluralism, Professor Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

Gerald Hankerson and Amina Sharif Present at Northwestern University

April 29, 2011
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Gerald Hankerson, CAIR-Chicago’s Outreach Coordinator, and Amina Sharif, the Communications Coordinator, presented to a religion and culture class at Northwestern University on Thursday, April 21. The two discussed the role race and ethnicity play in the American Muslim experience.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged American Muslim experience, Amina Sharif, Asian religions, Chen, Communications, discrimination, diversity, Ethnicity, Gerald Hankerson, Islam, Muslims, Northwestern, outreach, pluralism, race, Religion, tolerance, University

Survey proves bias stem from ignorance

September 21, 2009
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Thank you for printing your Sept. 10 article “Survey: Muslims face a lot of bias,” featuring a Pew Research Center study on growing tolerance by Americans toward Muslims. This piece brings awareness to the fact that Muslims all over America have often been victims of discrimination.

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged discrimination, pew research, pluralism, Religion, tolerance

Unique illustration of religious diversity

September 8, 2009
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I enjoyed reading “Faithfully delicious,” about Yvonne Maffei, a Muslim of Puerto Rican and Sicilian heritage who blogs about halal cooking. The article on Maffei and her husband, who is of Mexican and Italian heritage, reflects the ethnic diversity among American Muslims.

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged Daily Herald, diversity, halal, pluralism

Encouraging Words in Ramadan Story

August 24, 2009
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Thank you for printing “Ramadan Reflections,” which features firsthand accounts by Muslim college students celebrating Ramadan in the United States.

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged fasting, pluralism, Ramadan

Outreach Coordinator to Speak at Northwestern’s “Religious Awareness Week”

April 19, 2009
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What: Interfaith Career & Interest Fair

Where: Northwestern University, Parkes Hall 122

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Posted in Events/Workshops Tagged awarness, CAIR Chicago, career fair, diversity, Gerald Hankerson, Interfaith, interfaith dialogue, interfaith engagement, internships, Northwestern University, pluralism

Religion News Service: 100 years later, Ahmadi Muslims face new challenges

June 27, 2008
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When Zahir Mian’s prayer clock rings to announce the sunset prayer, he politely excuses himself and performs his ritual pre-prayer ablution, unfurls a prayer rug towards Mecca, and prays like any Muslim.
Not all followers of Islam, however, would consider Mian a fellow Musli

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmadi, Ahmadiyya, Ahmed Rehab, immigrants, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, pluralism, Sunni

Chicago Sun-Times: Obama's apology lessens the snub from Muslim shunning

June 24, 2008
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Maybe I’m hyper-jaded or have been in this business too long.

But when I learned some of Barack Obama’s volunteers kept Muslim women in “hijab” or the traditional Islamic head scarf from sitting behind the Democratic presidential candidate at a campaign rally last week, my irritation was laced with a yawn.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, American Muslims, Barack Obama, discrimination, hijab, pluralism

Columnist Wrong in Cynicism about Peace

March 15, 2008
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I was surprised to read in the column by Ray Hanania, “Don’t let violence sabotage efforts toward peace,” that Christians, Muslims and Jews have “never lived together in peace.”

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Posted in Media Monitor Tagged peace, pluralism, Ray Hanania

Dan Rea Nightside WBZ Newsradio 1030: Ramadan Joins Christmas, Hanukkah at Local Chicago School

October 3, 2007
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CAIR-Chicago executive director, Ahmed Rehab, discusses the recent successful inclusion of Ramadan along with Christmas and Hanukkah celebrations after opposition from parents at a local public school. Dan Rea and Rehab also discuss how the reasonable accommodation of all cultures and religions is central to American pluralism.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Oak Lawn, pluralism, Ramadan, religious accommodation
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