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Ramadan Outreach in the Chicagoland Area

August 10, 2011
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As part of CAIR-Chicago’s Ramadan outreach program executive-director, Ahmed Rehab, will be visiting four mosques in the Chicagoland area to discuss the services that CAIR-Chicago provides to the Muslim community.

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Posted in Events/Workshops, Features Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Bridgeview, CAIR, chicago, mosque, Orland Park, outreach, Ramadan, Taraweh, Willowbrook

Chicago Tribune: Small mosque easily wins approval from DuPage

July 5, 2011
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“It’s basically the ideal zoning application for DuPage County, with absolutely no controversy surrounding it,” said Amina Sharif, communications coordinator with the Chicago Council on American-Islamic Relations. “The area where it’s located is already commercially zoned, next to a synagogue, and there is more than adequate parking there. If the DuPage County Board had rejected this, then we’d have an obvious problem. This is a very easy thing to approve.”

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Amina Sharif, Board, Bob Goldsborough, chicago, Chicago Tribune, Church, County, DuPage, Islam, Lombard, Masjid, mosque, Muslim, Patrick O'Shea, permit, Prayer, Proclaim Truth Charitable Trust, Sabet Siddiqui, synagogue, unincorporated, Willowbrook, zoning

Thank DuPage County Board Members For Voting in Favor of MECCA

March 28, 2011
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The DuPage County Board voted 13-5 this week to grant a special use permit to the Muslim Education and Cultural Center of America (MECCA).

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged Chicago Tribune, Dan Cronin, Debra Olson, Dirk Enger, DuPage County Board, Grant Eckhoff, James F. Zay Jr., James Healy, Jeff Redick, John Zediker, JR McBride, MECCA, Patrick J. O'Shea, Paul Fichtner, Rita Gonzalez, Robert L. Larsen, Tony Michelassi, Willowbrook, Willowbrook mosque

NY Times: Muslim Cultural Center Appears Near Approval

March 17, 2011
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“We think there is a bias against the Muslim institutions,” said Kevin Vodak, the lawyer for CAIR-Chicago. He noted that the board rejected the Irshad proposal without explanation, which is highly unusual, and that last fall the county took up an amendment to prohibit any new religious institutions in residential areas. “Most of the new proposals are from Muslims,” Mr. Vodak said.

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Posted in Features, In the Media Tagged Chairman, chicago, CIOGC, Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, David Lepeska, DuPage, DuPage County Board, ICWS, ILC, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center of the Western Suburbs, Islamophobia, Kevin Vodak, Mark Daniel, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational and Cultural Center of America, Naperville, New York Times, Willowbrook, Zaher Sahloul

ACTION ALERT: Call DuPage County, Support MECCA Mosque

February 2, 2011
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The DuPage County Development Committee (CDC) voted yesterday to recommend granting a permit to the MECCA Mosque, but the issue is not over yet. The County Board will vote on the matter next week. Call the County Board and show your support for MECCA as well as the other mosques seeking permits.

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Posted in Action Alerts, Features Tagged CDC, chicago, County Development Committee, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Masjid, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, Religion, Willowbrook, ZBA, Zoning Board

Chicago Tribune: Religious leaders urge approval of DuPage mosque

January 20, 2011
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“How many mosques constitute an oversaturation in unincorporated DuPage County, according to the Zoning Board of Appeals?” asked Ahmed Rehab, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, at a news conference. “The answer would be one. One would be one too many apparently, and that’s very disconcerting to us.”

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Asra Ali, Catholic, chicago, Chicago Tribune, Christian, CIOGC, discrimination, DuPage County, ICWS, ILC, Interfaith, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Islamic Center of the West Suburbs, Jane Ramsey, Jew, Jewish, Joe Ruzich, Josh Hoyt, Masjid, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, over saturation, oversaturation, Religion, Serena Maria Daniels, West Chicago, Willowbrook, Zoning Board

Medill Reports: Islamic group puts pressure on DuPage to change stand banning mosque

January 19, 2011
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In tough economic times most neighborhoods would welcome development. But in suburban Willowbrook, they’re waving it off for an unusual reason: religious oversaturation.

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Posted in Features, In the Media, Multimedia, TV Clips Tagged Ahmed Rehab, Asra Ali, Catholic, chicago, Christian, CIOGC, discrimination, DuPage County, ICWS, ILC, Interfaith, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Islamic Center of the West Suburbs, Jane Ramsey, Jew, Jewish, Josh Hoyt, Joyce Shin, Mark Daniels, Masjid, MECCA, Medill News Service, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, over saturation, oversaturation, Presbyterian, Religion, Sridhar Natarajan, West Chicago, Willowbrook, Zoning Board

Press Conference Tomorrow to Support DuPage County Mosques

January 18, 2011
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Christian, Muslim, Jewish and civic leaders affirm religious freedom and call on the DuPage County Development Board to reconsider the Zoning Board’s decision to deny a permit for MECCA, a mosque in Willowbrook.

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Posted in Features, Press Center Tagged chicago, Chicago Tribune, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Joseph Ruzich, Masjid, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, Religion, Willowbrook, Zoning Board

Chicago Tribune: DuPage zoning panel opposes plan for mosque near Willowbrook

January 14, 2011
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Amina Sharif, with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said she is concerned that officials are trying to limit religious institutions. In April, the group filed a lawsuit against the county alleging discrimination in rejecting a zoning proposal for an Islamic education center and place of worship near Naperville.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Amina Sharif, chicago, Chicago Tribune, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Joseph Ruzich, Kevin Vodak, Masjid, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, Religion, West Chicago, Willowbrook, Zoning Board

ACTION ALERT: Call DuPage County to Support Mosques Seeking Permits

January 14, 2011
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Call the DuPage Country Board and show your support for: the Islamic Center of the Western Suburbs (ICSW), the Muslim Education and Cultural Center of America (MECCA), and the Irshad Learning Center (ILC).

Make your voice heard and make a difference!

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Posted in Action Alerts, Civil Rights Center, Features Tagged chicago, Chicago Tribune, discrimination, DuPage County, ILC, Irshad Learning Center, Islam, Islamic Center, Joseph Ruzich, Masjid, MECCA, mosque, Muslim, Muslim Educational Cultural Center of America, Naperville, Religion, Willowbrook, Zoning Board
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