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Chicago Sun-Times: Holy month unites Chicago Muslims

July 8, 2013
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Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg profiles Chicago’s diverse Muslim community in time for the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, local, Muslim Community, Niel Steinberg, Prayer, Ramadan, Sun-Times

MEDIA ADVISORY: Muslims to Honor Hajj Pilgrimage with Prayer and Celebration

November 5, 2011
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On Sunday, November 6th, Muslims all over the world and in America will commemorate the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, or the Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations. It is one of the most important Islamic holidays of the year. Each year, some two million Muslims, including thousands of American Muslims, go for the Hajj pilgrimage.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Celebration, chicago, eid, Eid ul-Adha, Hajj, Islam, Muslim, Prayer

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

Houston Chronicle: National Day of Prayer prompts reflections on the practice

May 5, 2011
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“In Islam, people may pray for “justice, prosperity, for the nation and its leaders,” said Ahmed Rehab. “Getting people from different faiths to pray together for the common good, the good of our nation, is positive.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Houston Chronicle, Interfaith, Prayer

Muslim Group Files Suit on Behalf Somali Workers Fired by Neb. Swift Plant

November 24, 2010
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations yesterday filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court on behalf of 49 Muslims of Somali heritage who were fired from a meat packing plant in Nebraska.

The lawsuit intervenes in a class action filed by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in August on behalf of more than 200 Somali factory workers from the Swift Co. plant in Grand Island, Nebraska.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Class Action, EEOC, employment discrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Equal Opportunity Commission, Factory, federal court, Fired, Grand Island, Islam, Lawsuit, Meat Packing Plant, Muslim, Nebraska, Omaha, Plant, Pray, Prayer, Somali, Swift, Terminated, Workers

Muslims to Honor Hajj Pilgrimage with Prayer and Celebration

November 15, 2010
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On Tuesday, November 16th, Muslims all over the world and in America will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, or Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations.

See Chicago prayer locations and timings at http://www.chicagomuslims.com/

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged Celebration, chicago, eid, Eid ul-Adha, Hajj, Islam, Muslim, Prayer

MEDIA DIGEST: CAIR-Chicago Responds to “Burn A Koran Day” and Islamophobia with Outreach and Education

September 14, 2010
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With Pastor Terry Jones’ “Burn A Koran Day” fiasco and the ongoing Park51 debate taking center stage in the media, CAIR-Chicago is taking action. We are challenging misinformation and anti-Muslim rhetoric through interfaith and outreach efforts to educate the public. You may have also seen us in the news recently, adding balanced and informed perspectives to public discourse.

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Daily Herald: Leaders call for unity as Muslims mark Eid, nation observes 9/11

September 10, 2010
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“This is the holiest day for Muslims out of the year,” said Amina Sharif, communications coordinator for CAIR-Chicago. “And since this year it falls so close to 9/11, it’s an opportunity for us to discuss tolerance and peace. It’s a day that we pray for those who are struggling around the world, and that includes the families of 9/11 victims.”

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Glen Ellyn Sun: A new look at faith group zoning rules

July 30, 2010
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A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two zoning proposals from Islamic groups.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged 9/11, A measure that could streamline the process of establishing places of worship and other forms of assembly in unincorporated DuPage County is heading to the zoning panel that recently has taken up two, Amina Sharif, Bob Schillerstrom, discrimination, DuPage County, Glen Ellyn Sun, ILC, Irshad, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center of the Western Suburbs, islamic school, Islamophobia, Joe Birkett, Judge Rebecca Pallmyer, Keeping the faith, Kevin Vodak, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Naperville, Newspaper, Paul Darrah, Pray, Prayer, State's Attorney, Susan Carlman, Susan Frick Carlman

Naperville Sun: Documents piling up in Irshad case

July 2, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Kevin Vodak talks to the Naperville Sun about recent developments in the Irshad Learning Center’s lawsuit against Dupage County.

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