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CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Rizza Cadillac to pay $100K in discrimination case

June 30, 2014
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Tinley Park car dealership Rizza Buick GMC Cadillac, Inc. must pay $100,000 to resolve a religious discrimination lawsuit, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.

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Posted in Civil Rights, Features, In the Media, Top Story Tagged Cadillac, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Council on American Islamic Relations, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Gregory Pratt, Kevin Vodak, Rizza, Tinley Park

Amina Sharif Delivers Cultural Awareness Seminar at Tinley Park Police Department

December 14, 2011
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Amina Sharif, CAIR-Chicago’s Communications Coordinator, led a cultural awareness seminar on Islam and Muslims at the Tinley Park Police Department on November 30th. The department invited Sharif in light of the growing population of Muslims and Arabs in the area.

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Posted in Features, Our News Tagged Amina Sharif, CAIR Chicago, Communications Coordinator, Cultural Awareness, Dima Ansari, Jon Popp, Police Department, seminar, Sergeant, Tinley Park

Kevin Vodak Presents on Hate Crime Prosecution to Law Enforcement Officials

September 26, 2011
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CAIR-Chicago Litigation Director Kevin Vodak presented the “Hate Crime and Bias Awareness” conference on September 15th, 2011 to discuss the ways in which law enforcement agencies can improve their procedures and techniques in addressing hate crimes.

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Posted in Anti Hate Center, Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Ben Small, CAIR Chicago, Candice Hart, Center on Halsted, Department of Justice Civil Right Division of the US Attorney General's Office, FBI, Ground Zero, Hate Crime and Bias Awareness, Illinois Gender Advocates, Islamophobia, Kevin Vodak, LGBT, Lisa Gilmore, Matt Nosanchuk, Office of Illinois Attorney General, Pamela Gellar, Park 51, Robert Spencer, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

WGN TV: Suburban woman accused in hate crime reaches plea deal

January 6, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Christina Abraham, who attended the hearing with Amal Abusumayyah, said afterward, “We are hopeful that this sent a message to the public that sort of behavior will not be tolerated by a fair and just society.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media, TV Clips Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Battery, Bridgeview, Christina Abraham, discrimination, Fort Hood, Guilty Plea, hate crime, Headscarf, Jewel, Misdemeanor, Muslim, Tinley Park, TV, Valerie Kenney, WGN

Muslim Woman Vindicated for Hate Crime

January 6, 2010
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CAIR-Chicago announced today that it is pleased with the plea agreement reached yesterday between state prosecutors and Valerie Kenney, a suburban woman who faced hate crime charges after attacking a Muslim woman at a Tinley Park grocery store 2 days after the Fort Hood shooting.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, Press Center Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Battery, Bridgeview, Christina Abraham, Fort Hood, Guilty Plea, hate crime, Headscarf, Jewel, Misdemeanor, Muslim, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

Guilty Plea Satisfies Suburban Muslim

January 6, 2010
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Amal Abusumayah says Valerie Kenney, 54, complained loudly in a Tinley Park grocery aisle about a November shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. Police say Kenney also pulled on Abusumayah’s headscarf.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged Amal Abusumayah, CAIR Chicago, Cook County, Fort Hood, Headscarf, Muslims, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

Tinley Woman Pleads Guilty for Hate Crime

January 6, 2010
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A southwest suburban woman who was charged with a hate crime against another woman pled guilty Tuesday and was sentenced to probation and mandatory anger management and diversity understanding classes, according to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged CAIR Chicago, Cook County Judge David Sterba, hate crime, Headscarf, subburb, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney, woman

NPR: Muslim Headscarf Case Leads to Guilty Plea

January 6, 2010
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“It gives her an opportunity to learn from her mistake,” said Christina Abraham of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “And we think this does send a message to the greater community that hate crimes are not going to be tolerated and that this sort of behavior is wrong.”

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Posted in Audio Clips, Features, In the Media Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Battery, Bridgeview, Chicago Public Radio, Christina Abraham, Fort Hood, Guilty Plea, hate crime, Headscarf, Jewel, Misdemeanor, Muslim, NPR, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

Chicago Tribune: Scarf-pulling incident ends in probation for Tinley Park woman

January 6, 2010
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An official with the Chicago-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, which became involved in the case, said the backlash against Muslim-Americans had spiked somewhat in the days immediately following the Fort Hood shooting but has subsided.

“We try to rally community support for (victims and their families) and to make sure the state’s attorney is pursuing the case with the utmost importance,” said spokeswoman Christina Abraham.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Amal Abusumayah, Battery, Bridgeview, Chicago Tribune, Christina Abraham, Fort Hood, Guilty, hate crime, Headscarf, Jewel, Misdemeanor, Muslim, Plea, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney

Sun-Times: Hate crimes in a class of their own

November 28, 2009
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“Hate crimes are their own class of crime for a very good reason: The enhanced classification and punishment deters people from criminally acting out on their bigotry. It is the government’s obligation to its citizens to take a no-tolerance position on such crimes,” writes Ahmed Rehab.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Amal Abusumayah, Battery, hate crime, Headscarf, hijab, Islam, Muslim, Religion, religious discrimination, Richard Roeper, Sun-Times, Tinley Park, Valerie Kenney
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