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Tag: racial profiling

CAIR-Chicago Calls for Police Accountability

August 20, 2015
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CAIR-Chicago encourages community members to join activists in a #BlackLivesMatter solidarity march on August 29 at noon.

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Posted in Our News Tagged Black Lives Matter, chicago, City Hall, Federal Building, police brutality, racial profiling

Chicago Day of Remembrance this Sunday

February 13, 2014
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Join CAIR-Chicago as Keith Uchima produces and directs a staged reading of excerpts from their historic trial of Japanese Americans vs. The United States.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features, Top Story Tagged CAIR Chicago, Chicago Day of Remembrance, Council on American Islamic Relations, democracy, japenese, racial profiling

Critical praise for racial profiling: Responding to Hedy Weiss

August 12, 2013
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Jamil Khoury of Silk Road Rising responds to a review by Hedy Weiss, a Chicago Sun-Times theater critic, in which she advocates for racial profiling to prevent terrorism.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged American Muslims, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Sun-Times, Council on American Islamic Relations, Hedy Weiss, Jamil Khoury, Muslim, racial profiling, Silk Road Rising, theater

Rabya Khan conducts 'Know Your Rights' training at Northwestern

February 8, 2013
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On Thursday January 31, 2013, Staff Attorney Rabya Khan conducted a joint Know Your Rights training with First Defense Legal Aid attorneys Emlyn Ricketts and Devin Viland.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, civil rights, Council on American Islamic Relations, Know Your Rights, Northwestern University, Rabya Khan, racial profiling

Rabya Khan conducts ‘Know Your Rights’ training at Northwestern

February 8, 2013
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On Thursday January 31, 2013, Staff Attorney Rabya Khan conducted a joint Know Your Rights training with First Defense Legal Aid attorneys Emlyn Ricketts and Devin Viland.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Events/Workshops, Features, Our News Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, civil rights, Council on American Islamic Relations, Know Your Rights, Northwestern University, Rabya Khan, racial profiling

Daily Northwestern: Northwestern students address racial profiling concerns at workshop

February 4, 2013
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Following the FDLA’s remarks, Rabya Khan, a staff attorney at CAIR Chicago, spoke about how to interact with FBI agents. Following her remarks, the panel engaged with the students in a question-and-answer session, where students raised questions pertinent to their own experiences with racial profiling incidents.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged CAIR, CAIR Chicago, civil rights, Council on American Islamic Relations, Daily Northwestern, Rabya Khan, racial profiling

Why we need ERPA: Racial profiling lingers amidst proof of targeting

August 6, 2012
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Many see racism and stereotyping as an engrained problem with no legitimate solution, but this is just not true. We as citizens, could make huge strides towards eradicating stereotyping and its disastrous repercussions, starting with the End to Racial Profiling Act (ERPA).

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner Tagged Congress, ERPA, judicial system, racial bias, racial profiling, targeting

Arizona's SB 1070: The Supreme Court on immigration

July 26, 2012
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Numerous organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the United States Department of Justice filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Arizona law and asking for an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged Arizona, civil rights, Department of Justice, discrimination, immigration, racial profiling, SB 1070, Supreme Court

Arizona’s SB 1070: The Supreme Court on immigration

July 26, 2012
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Numerous organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the United States Department of Justice filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Arizona law and asking for an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged Arizona, civil rights, Department of Justice, discrimination, immigration, racial profiling, SB 1070, Supreme Court

The impact of surveillance programs on the American-Muslim community

March 12, 2012
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A feeling of suspicion has swept over American-Muslims, leaving some distrustful of others in their own community.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner, Our News Tagged A Future Without Bigotry, Ahmed Rehab, annual banquet, Businesses, CAIR Chicago, California, chicago, chicago police, civil rights, Craig Monteilh, Director of Litigation, discrimination, entrapment, Executive Director, FBI, Garry McCarthy, infiltration, informant, Kevin Vodak, L.A. Times, Martin Niemoller, minority, Muslim, Muslim American, Muslim mapping, Muslim Student Association, New York, NYPD, profiling, racial profiling, Relgious Profiling, Religion, religious persecution, spying on Muslims, surveillance, undercover
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