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Tag: Racist

WLS Radio 890AM: TSA officer fired over anti-Muslim Facebook posts

November 17, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago executive director commended the TSA for Egan’s firing. “We made it clear that Egan’s discourse was as much an embarrassment to the agency and the values it stands for, as it was an affront against Muslims and other minorities,” Rehab said in a statement.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged agent, Ahmed Rehab, baggage screener, Bigoted, Facebook, Muslims, O'Hare, Press Release, Racist, TSA, WLS Radio. Roy Egan

Huffington Post: Roy Egan, Former O'Hare TSA Agent, Fired Over Repeated Anti-Muslim, Racist Facebook Remarks

November 17, 2011
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Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago executive director commended the TSA for Egan’s firing. “We made it clear that Egan’s discourse was as much an embarrassment to the agency and the values it stands for, as it was an affront against Muslims and other minorities,” Rehab said in a statement.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged ABC, agent, Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, baggage screener, CAIR Chicago, Facebook, Huffington Post, Muslims, O'Hare, official, profile, Racist, Roy Egan, TSA

PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago applauds TSA’s removal of bigoted employee

November 16, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago commends the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for taking decisive action against an employee who publically spewed racist and bigoted rants against Muslims, African Americans, Latinos, and Homosexuals. Roy Egan had worked at O’Hare airport for nine years where he checked passenger baggage.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center Tagged African Americans, Ahmed Rehab, bigot, Facebook, Homosexuals, Islam, Latinos, Muslim, O'Hare, Press Release, Racist, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA

Fox News: O'Hare TSA Employee Fired Over Racist, Homophobic, Anti-Muslim Facebook Posts

November 16, 2011
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“The TSA works hard everyday to keep Americans safe,” Amina Sharif, TSA communications coordinator said in the release. “When such egregious behavior is flagged on the part of one of their agents, it breeds confidence in us as passengers that it is dealt with as swiftly and as seriously as it was in the case of Roy Egan.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Amina Sharif, anti-Muslim, bigotry, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Council on American Islamic Relations, Facebook profile, Fired, Fox News, Homophobia, Muslims, My Fox Chicago, O'Hare, Racist, Roy Egan, TSA, TSA official

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab Discusses Racist, Anti-Muslim TSA Official

October 12, 2011
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A veteran officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Chicago is being disciplined after posting hundreds of racist and derogatory comments on Facebook. Not only were Officer Roy Egan’s racial and religious rants open for anyone to see, for years he openly identified himself by name on Facebook and listed his employer as U.S. Homeland Security-TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, bigot, bigotry, Chuck Goudie, Facebook, I-Team, Investigative Report, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, racism, Racist, rant, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, WLS

ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago's Ahmed Rehab Discusses Racist, Anti-Muslim TSA Official

October 12, 2011
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A veteran officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Chicago is being disciplined after posting hundreds of racist and derogatory comments on Facebook. Not only were Officer Roy Egan’s racial and religious rants open for anyone to see, for years he openly identified himself by name on Facebook and listed his employer as U.S. Homeland Security-TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab, anti-Muslim, bigot, bigotry, Chuck Goudie, Facebook, I-Team, Investigative Report, Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, racism, Racist, rant, Roy Egan, Transportation Security Administration, TSA, WLS

Norwegian Terrorist Associated with Anti-Muslim Groups in the US and UK

July 26, 2011
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In the wake of the abhorrent events that occurred last Friday in Norway, information has come to light revealing connections between the terrorist suspect, Anders Brehing Breivik, to the anti-Islam movement in England, as well as to prominent Islamophobes in the US.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Features, Our News Tagged Anders Brehing Breivik, Angela Merkel, anti-Muslim, Atlas Shrugs, Ben Small, Christian, David Cameron, EDL, England, English Defense League, Eurabia, Geert Wilders, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamophobe, Islamophobia, Jihad Watch, manifesto, massacre, Muslim, Muslim Demographics, Nicolas Sarkozy, Norway, Pamela Geller, Racist, Robert Spencer, Sioa, SIOE, Stop the Islamization of America, Stop the Islamization of Europe, Terror, Terrorist, UK, US

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

Fox News: Rehab Discusses Body Scanners and Racial Profiling

February 16, 2010
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“Critics argue when you think about it, for the most part, all of the people who try to blow airliners out of the sky look alike,” Doocy said.

“False,” replied Ahmed Rehab. “False information. Not true. I mean, we don’t have to go far. The last guy that tried to take down a plane was a young African. And in the past, prior to that incident, we were looking for Middle eastern-looking men. Next time it could be an Asian guy. So no, they don’t always look alike.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Body-Scanners, Fox, Fox and Family, Fox News, Full Body Scanners, profiling, racial profiling, racism, Racist, Richard Reid, Steve Doocy, Timothy McVeigh, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
 
 
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