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Visit New Website Challenging Anti-Muslim Election 'Gimmick'




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Identity insults and democracy
A. Rehab for CNN Blogs | Oct.16.08

"Both campaigns as well as the political talking heads ought to send a clear message that no American should have to watch democracy from the bleachers due to their race, ethnicity, or religion," says CAIR-Chicago Executive director, Ahmed Rehab.





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Related Story in UA News
Also SEE Other Events in Arizona:
Media Workshop    |    Friday Sermon
Confronting Stereotypes
Lecture at University of Arizona
Countering misperceptions: Speaker challenges public's stereotypes of Islam, Muslims
Arizona Daily Wildcat | Oct.17.08

"Average Americans do not get information from the proper sources; instead they are casually provided with half-truths and exaggerations," says Rehab. "Dialogue shatters the myth that silence creates."





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ALSO SEE: WGN-Radio
Mosque in Villa Park Vandalized for 4th time in less than 2 months
CAIR-Chicago | Oct.13.08

"The crime appears to be a part of a series of suspected bias-motivated incidents targeting the mosque including broken windows and spilled flammable fluid," said CAIR-Chicago Civil Rights Director Abraham.





feature272 Misguided Letter Shouldn't Have Run
Morris Daily Herald | Sep.28.08

By publishing the hysterical letter the Morris Daily Herald managed to denigrate the entire religion of Islam. Nickels fails to see that Islam and America can and do co-exist, as I and seven million other proud American Muslims are proof.





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Greeley Tribune    |    Omaha World News
Rocky Mountain News    |    Denver Post
CAIR-Chicago Defends 120 Muslim Workers Fired From Plant
ABC 7 News | Oct.08.08

"All they want is the right to pray, and it's not an undue burden" said CAIR-Chicago attorney Rima Kapitan on the firing of more than 120 Muslim employees fired last week at the Swift plant in Greeley, Colorado.






  • Ahmed Rehab to Speak on "Strategies for Engaging with the Media" at Islamic Center Tucson - Arizona

    October 17, 2008

  • CAIR-Chicago Executive Director to Give Friday Sermon at Islamic Center of Tucson - Arizona

    October 17, 2008

  • CAIR-Chicago to Sponsor Blood Drive with American Red Cross

    October 16, 2008

  • Executive Director to Deliver Speech on "Stereotypes and the Muslim-American Community" - Tucson, Arizona

    October 16, 2008

  • Ahmed Rehab to Speak on "Media Coverage of International Crises" at University of Arizona, Tucson

    October 16, 2008

  • Executive Director to Speak at Immigration Policy & The Elections Forum

    October 14, 2008

    





  • Reuters: Sour note for American Muslims in election campaign
  • October 21, 2008

  • CNN: Muslim-American voices heard in presidential race
  • October 21, 2008

  • Daily Herald: Muslims fighting citizenship delays may have ray of hope
  • October 20, 2008

  • Arizona Daily Wildcat: Countering misperceptions: Speaker challenges public's stereotypes of Islam, Muslims
  • October 17, 2008

  • CNN - AC 360: Identity insults and democracy
  • October 16, 2008

  • Wall Street Journal: Religious-Bias Filings Up
  • October 16, 2008

  • USA Today: Prayer leads to work disputes
  • October 16, 2008

  • UA News: American-Islamic Council Head to Speak on Campus
  • October 15, 2008

  • Sun-times: Stoking fear of The Other
  • October 12, 2008

  • Star-Telegram: Muslim women's law firm breaks down stereotypes
  • October 11, 2008

  • WGN Radio: Villa Park Mosque Vandalized (AUDIO)
  • October 10, 2008

  • ABC 7: Police investigate possible hate crimes (VIDEO)
  • October 10, 2008

    




    • CAIR-Chicago Keynote Speech “Common Faith, Common Humanity” at Oakton Community College

    October 21, 2008
        






    • Press Release: Police Investigating Vandalism and Possible Hate Crime Against Chicago-Area Mosque

    October 10, 2008     




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