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Chicago Crescent, Ahmed Rehab: Islam and the Psychology of Wealth

Islam is not a set of empty rituals; Islam teaches us to think outside the box to rediscover ourselves and to realize an immutable path to contentment. The Qur’an is indeed the ultimate psychology handbook. In enjoining us to reflect inwards vis-à-vis the concept of wealth – “if you try to count the blessings of God, you will not be able to calculate them” – the Qur’an revolutionizes the very process of how we assess our wealth portfolios. Since God’s blessings are infinite, everyone is wealthy if they only knew it. Continue reading

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Al Ahram Exclusive with Ahmed Rehab

Ahmed Rehab appears to accept the mainstream Muslim perspective of President Barack Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world as being “genuine”. He reasons that President Obama is “the first American president to have had significant experiences in the Muslim world”. “I believe that, unlike previous presidents, he is not limited, despite himself, to the notion that Muslims strictly represent the “other” and is able to appreciate the humanity and nuance in Muslim life,” Rehab told Al-Ahram Weekly. Continue reading

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FOX News Radio: Rehab Discusses Recent Bronx Terror with Alan Colmes

Ahmed Rehab on The Alan Colmes’ Liberaland radio show, a nationally-syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Fox News Radio, to discuss the Bronx case. Continue reading

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Conservative Radio Show: Rehab Discusses Obama

Listen to Ahmed Rehab, debate Conservative Talk Show Host, Jesse Lee Peterson, on Obama, Islam, Judeo-Christian values and what it means to be black. Continue reading

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Press Interviews

Ahmed’s many interviews (newspaper interviews are not carried on this site) include but are not limited to the following media venues:

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FOX News: Rehab on O’Reilly Factor on Asbahi / Obama

Ahmed Rehab is on the O’Reilly Factor to respond to false allegations against Obama campaign Muslim liaison, Mazen Asbahi.

“The Asbahi affair is a consequence of the smear and fear, tar and feather anti-Muslim innuendo out there,” Rehab argued. [Video]
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FOX News: Rehab on O’Reilly Factor to Dispel Misperceptions

Ahmed Rehab is on the O’Reilly Factor to dispel the misperception that there is any controversy surrounding the Tarik ibn Zayed Academy Charter School in Minnesota. “I reckon The O’Reilly Factor must be having a really slow news day, because there’s really no controversy here whatsoever,” says Rehab. “You guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill.” [Video] Continue reading

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Smear Campaign Speaks Volumes About Society

I am not drawn to Obama for any other reason but his political outlook, one that brings me hope that we can move beyond divisiveness and polarization and toward a new unity for the common good. So it is not that I am offended as a Muslim that Obama would not want to be one; I couldn’t care less. I am casting a vote for the next president of the United States, not the next imam of my mosque. Continue reading

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C-Span: Ahmed Rehab Asks John Edwards – Heartland Presidential Forum

Ahmed Rehab asks 2008 Presidential candidate John Edwards a question on stage at the Heartland Presidential Forums before an audience of 5,000. [Video] Continue reading

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FOX News: Rehab O’Reilly Debate Equal Rights in Schools

Ahmed Rehab debates Bill O’Reilly on pluralism and the equal religious accommodation of Ramadan along with Christmas in Oak Lawn, Illinois public school [Video]
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CNN: Rehab vs Glenn Beck on Ramadan, Christmas in School

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab debates Glenn Beck and Zhudi Jasser on allowing the accommodation of Ramadan for Muslim students along with Christmas for Christian students in an Oak Lawn, Illinois public school. [Video] Continue reading

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FOX News O’Reilly Factor: Religious Accommodation

Ahmed Rehab on the O’Reilly Factor to discuss religious accomodations for Muslim workers. [Video]
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Ahmed Rehab Reviews Prof. Michael Sell’s Book Chapter

Ahmed Rehab was invited by the University of Chicago to review the first Chapter of Prof. Michael Sells’ Jihad and Crusade: Religion and Violence after the Cold War Continue reading

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BBC: Ahmed Rehab on HARDTalk

Ahmed Rehab’s appearance on the BBC World’s HARDtalk. HARDtalk, hosted by the BBC’s Stephen Sackur, is a fast-paced and confrontational current affairs program that reaches hundreds of millions of viewers worldwide. It is recorded live in the BBC studios in London. [Video] Continue reading

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