Category Archives: TV

WTTW Chicago Tonight: CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab on NATO’s role in global politics

Ahmed Rehab discussed NATO’s role on global politics and what it’s alliance means today in an interview on WTTW Channel 11′s Chicago Tonight. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Rehab responds to NYPD spying on Muslims, and the Chicago connection

“The fact that the NYPD is spying on American citizens, who happen to be Muslim, is insane and ludicrous. It’s illegal and unconstitutional,” said Rehab. Continue reading

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NBC 5: Ahmed Rehab Criticizes Lowe’s for Pulling Ads from ‘All-American Muslim’

“Islam is a faith the preaches peace, coexistence, justice, tolerance, love, compassion. That’s what we stand for,” Rehab added.
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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Lowe’s All-American Muslim Controversy

“What we’re being told here essentially is that it is too controversial to have a show with Muslim characters that are not portrayed as terrorists,” remarked CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab. Continue reading

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CBS 2: Ahmed Rehab Rebukes Lowe’s for Caving to Anti-Muslim Bigotry

“It’s one thing for bigots and nuts to be bigots and nuts. It’s another thing for a mainstream company to embrace that. This is the mainstreaming of bigotry,” said Ahmed Rehab. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab calls for hate crime charges in downstate slashing

“It’s something that we must take very seriously,” said CAIR-Chicago executive director Ahmed M. Rehab. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab Welcomes End of Libyan Dictatorship

Moammar Gadhafi’s long-running regime affected many lives in the United States, including in the Chicago area. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Racist, Anti-Muslim TSA Official

A veteran officer with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Chicago is being disciplined after posting hundreds of racist and derogatory comments on Facebook. Continue reading

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FOX, O’Reilly Factor: Ahmed Rehab Debunks O’Reilly’s Denial of Islamophobia

Ahmed Rehab provides several statistics and examples that prove O’Reilly is blatantly wrong. Continue reading

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CLTV: Muslims gather to honor victims of 9/11, discuss how to move forward

The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations hopes Americans can move forward 10 years after the 9/11 attacks. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Muslims, religious leaders honor 9/11, discuss principles of religious tolerance and pluralism

Muslim, Jewish and Christians leaders gathered to honor the victims of 9/11 and to address the increase in anti-Muslim discrimination post-9/11. Continue reading

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NBC 5: Muslims reflect on the tragic events of 9/11, call for country to move forward together

Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations joined leaders from different faiths and backgrounds to reflect on 9/11 and call for an end to the fear and discrimination against the Muslim community in the wake of those attacks. Continue reading

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CBS 2: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Islamophobia Post 9/11 and How to Move Forward

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, joins CBS 2′s Jim Williams to talk about the effect of 9/11 on American Muslims. Continue reading

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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab Shares Hopes for Obama’s Speech on Middle East Policy

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab says that he hopes the President’s speech represents a shift away from what he calls a “post-9/11″ narrative in American-Islamic relations. Continue reading

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NBC 5: Ahmed Rehab Reacts to Hateful Remarks On Sox Website

A hateful posting directed at Muslims is found on an online forum for the Chicago White Sox.
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FOX News: Ahmed Rehab On Glenn Beck Debating Pakistan, Torture

“As I listen to Zuhdi Jasser speak here, he’s one of those far right individuals who’s trying to make this war against Al-Qaeda into a larger ideological war,” said Rehab.
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FOX Chicago: Ahmed Rehab Discusses the Role of Torture in Interrogations

“I think that, also, it’s important to remember that in the past we’ve been obtained false information because of torture, or the threat of torture. Continue reading

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CBS2: Ahmed Rehab Discusses the President’s Decision About bin Laden Photo

“Obama’s logic was, I think, spot on,” said Rehab about the President’s decision not to release the photos of a deceased bin Laden.
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ABC 7: Ahmed Rehab talks to Hosea Sanders and Judy Hsu about bin Laden’s Assassination

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab appears as a live, in-studio guest on ABC7 News This Morning to talk to Hosea Sanders and Judy Hsu about the death of Osama bin Laden. Continue reading

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FOX Chicago: CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab discusses whether photos of bin Laden should be released

I think Obama should issue proof to the public that this was indeed bin Laden. I think the burden of proof is on the government. Its a terrorist. Continue reading

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