From the BLOG- Let’s Face it: It’s the Radical Right, not Islam, that is the Greatest Threat to the American Way December 12, 2011 Ahmed Rehab
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- Helen Thomas Outspoken, Defiant in Extensive Interview March 22, 2011 Ahmed Rehab
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Category Archives: ABC
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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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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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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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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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
ABC 7: Local Muslim Leaders Respond to bin Laden’s Death
CIOGC held a press conference to express relief at bin Laden’s death, as well as encourage a new chapter of openness and understanding.
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ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago responds to King hearings on radicalization of Muslim Americans
“It seemed like a political circus. It seemed like it was for political show and not an honest attempt by Rep. Peter King to address the issue of radicalization,” said CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab Continue reading
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ABC 7, Ahmed Rehab: Chicago Area Muslims React to IL Gov.’s Comments Regarding “Ground Zero Mosque”
CAIR-Chicago representatives along with other local leaders held a press conference to discuss their disappointment with recent comments by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn regarding the “Ground Zero” mosque controversy. Continue reading
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ABC: Ahmed Rehab discusses Muslim chaplain’s dismissal from force
Ahmed Rehab and Muslim leaders talk about local Imam’s dismissal from Illinois State Police chaplaincy program due to Islamophobic innuendo Continue reading
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ABC News: CAIR-Chicago discusses Islamophobic smear campaign against Chicago Imam, Sheikh Kifah
The Illinois State Police Department currently has 37 chaplains or volunteer clergy who provide spiritual support for troopers, other employees and their families. Most are Christian; some are Jewish; and until last December, none was Muslim. Continue reading
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ABC: Ahmed Rehab discusses attack on local Muslim woman
Amal Abusumayah was shopping when another customer made hateful comments against Muslims and attempted to pull off Abusumayah’s headscarf. Continue reading
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ABC: Rehab on Anti-Muslim Email Sent by Frankfort Public Official
Ahmed Rehab discusses the recent forwarding of an anti-Muslim email by a public official in Frankfort, Illinois. The email, sent around by Frankfort Township Assessor Paul Ruff, is said to have made comments that chastised immigrants for “diluting sovereignty and our national identity,” and suggested that residents who don’t agree with the Christian motto “In God We Trust” should leave the country. [Video] Continue reading
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ABC: Rehab on men deplaned for speaking Arabic
Ahmed Rehab discusses the removal of six Iraqi-American men from an airplane for speaking Arabic as signs of alarming hysteria and textbook discrimination. The men had received certificates for a completed training mission for the U.S. Marines. Rehab says that “the larger concern is that suspicion is no longer based on what you do, but on a person’s language and race.” [Video] Continue reading
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ABC: 9/11 Five Years Later. Part Two
Ahmed Rehab joins Academics, Government Officials and other experts to discuss what is left to be done in response to 9/11.The idea of more security and less freedom has left the nation divided. [Video] Continue reading
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ABC: 9/11 Five Years Later. Part Three
Rehab joins other Experts to express concern with the spike in subtle and severe hate crimes towards American Muslims after 9/11. Several Muslim Americans share what Chicago area Muslims are faced with everyday. Part Three. Continue reading
ABC: Rehab, Muslims React to Pope Benedicts Apology
Pope Benedict’s referencing of Islam to medieval texts have caused outrage in the Muslim world. The Pope has agreed to meet with Muslim leaders to diffuse the controversy and build bridges. [Video] Continue reading
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ABC: 9/11 Five Years Later. Part Four
Differing views are presented as Rehab joins a panel of experts to discuss the causes, effects and effective ways to counter terrorism. [Video] Continue reading
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