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Tag: Prison

CAIR-Chicago’s Prison Project

June 30, 2017
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Prison Project

The Prison Project, launched by CAIR-Chicago in 2005, is an ongoing initiative at CAIR-Chicago that aims to give incarcerated Muslims the supplies they need to worship. Oftentimes, prisoners learn more about Islam while imprisoned and lack the tools to continue their journey of knowledge once they convert. CAIR-Chicago wants to help those in prisons by…

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged CAIR, chicago, Illinois, incarcerated, inmates, Muslims, Prison, Prison Project, project

Peter King’s Radical Hearings on “Radicalization”

June 24, 2011
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Government Affairs intern Ian Peterson discusses Rep. Peter King’s latest congressional hearing on the “Radicalization of Muslim Americans,” which focused primarily on the threat of Islamic “radicalization” within the United States prison system. Ian breaks down how King misconstrues the problem.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged alienation, Congressional Hearing, discrimination, Government Affairs Intern, Ian Peterson, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Muslim American, Peter King, Prison, Racist, Radical, Radicalization

Wisconsin State Journal: Madison man charged in killings; two victims remain hospitalized

April 15, 2010
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But Larry was not a familiar face at Madison-area mosques and was not espousing views consistent with Islam, according to Muslim officials in Madison and Chicago.

Larry and Thompson were married at a Madison mosque but the person who married them had not met them before the ceremony and never saw them again, according to Amina Sharif, spokeswoman for the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

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Posted in In the Media Tagged Allah, Amina Sharif, Homicide, Islam, James Larry, Madison, Marquette Park, Muslim, Prison, Wisconsin State Journal

CAIR-Chicago Prison Project Coordinator Speaks on Religious Discrimination in Prisons

March 22, 2007
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Prison Project

What: CAIR-Chicago Prison Project Coordinator Ausaf Farooqi to speak on the issue of Religious Discrimination in Prisons, conducted by the Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

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Posted in Events/Workshops Tagged CAIR Chicago, Prison, project, religious discrimination in prisons

CAIR-Chicago Meets with Amnesty International on Prison Project

January 5, 2006
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Prison Project

CAIR-Chicago’s Civil Rights Coordinator, Christina Abraham, and Prison Project Coordinator, Mariyam Hussain met with Robert Shultz, of Amnesty International.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged amnesty international, CAIR Chicago, Prison, project

CAIR-Chicago Successfully Helps Resolve Prison Complaint

September 29, 2005
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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Department assisted in creating better conditions for a nearby county jail. An individual working closely with the chaplain of a prison facility contacted CAIR-Chicago with what was observed to be unequal treatment of Muslim inmates and unequal representation of Islam.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Our News Tagged discrimination, Prison, Quran
 
 
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