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WBEZ91.5: Chicago tech firms give workers 'sacred spaces' for quiet reflection

July 24, 2014
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| Categories: Audio Clips, Civil Rights, Features, Uncategorized

There have been several high-profile cases in other parts of the country where Muslims got fired over prayer breaks and sued, with mixed outcomes. But the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations reports it’s received no formal complaints here.

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WBEZ91.5: Chicago tech firms give workers ‘sacred spaces’ for quiet reflection

July 24, 2014
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| Categories: Audio Clips, Civil Rights, Features, Uncategorized

There have been several high-profile cases in other parts of the country where Muslims got fired over prayer breaks and sued, with mixed outcomes. But the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations reports it’s received no formal complaints here.

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MEDIA DIGEST: CAIR-Chicago responds to vandalism of Muslim grave

August 21, 2012
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| Categories: Anti Hate Center, Features, In the Media, News Digests

CAIR-Chicago held a protest downtown condemning hate and Islamophobia and it’s media department gave numerous interviews addressing the recent desecration of a Muslim man’s grave in Evergreen Park, IL.

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Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ: 9/11 Primer, The Epoch of the Peacemakers

September 11, 2011
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| Categories: Features, In the Media

The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago and the American Friends Service Committee present a special event created and organized by HumanThread, a Pilsen-based nonprofit dedicated to promoting peace and inspiring actions that build a just society. The 9/11 Primer will memorialize 9/11 and reaffirm the role of artists as peacemakers.

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