Tag Archives: Islamophobia

FOX News, Ahmed Rehab: Muslim State Police Chaplain’s Appointment Revoked

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Husam

Chicago – The Illinois State Police has revoked the appointment of a prominent cleric to become the department’s first Muslim chaplain. Continue reading →

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Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, Ahmed Rehab: Miss USA scrutiny indicates weird obsession with Islam

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Ahmed Rehab

Why must a Muslim person’s faith come up the moment that person breaks through the mainstream in any conceivable way – regardless of relevance or context? And why does it invariably end up linking that person through multiple degrees of … Continue reading →

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Huffington Post, Ahmed Rehab: A Tale of Two Terrors: Times Square vs. Jacksonville

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Ahmed Rehab

Times Square, New York: It is clear that this was a terrorist plot,” said US Attorney General Eric Holder of the recent New York Times Square incident in which a young Pakistani-American attempted but failed to detonate a second grade … Continue reading →

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ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago discusses Islamophobic smear campaign against Chicago Imam, Sheikh Kifah

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Husam

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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Huffington Post, Ahmed Rehab: Swiss Radicalization: A Sign of Things to Come?

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Ahmed Rehab

Nestle. The United Nations. Rolex. Secure Banking. Toblerone. Yodeling. William Tell. Cowbells. Neutrality. Rousseau. Alpine Skiing. Heidi.

These are a few of the things — mostly pretty — that come to mind when you say “Switzerland.”

But now thanks to a recent popular vote on a controversial referendum, things like “intolerance,” “paranoia,” and “limitations on freedom of religion” have joined the merry list. Continue reading →

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Huffington Post, Ahmed Rehab: Hijab Case: Why Bigoted Battery Makes For A Hate Crime

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Ahmed Rehab

Amal Abusumayah, a 28-year-old American mother of four young girls, was going about her usual shopping when she was randomly treated to a dose of derogatory comments about her faith and ethnic heritage; the offending woman, later identified as 54-year-old Valerie Kenney, referenced Fort Hood. Amal tried to ignore the comments and proceeded to check out at the counter when she felt a sharp pull on her hijab — or headscarf.

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Orlando Sentinel, Ahmed Rehab: Thomas’s column on teen rare for Muslims

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Ahmed Rehab

Pundits often portray Islam as a crazy, murderous cult. Because they rely on the public’s ignorance of Islamic history, culture and contemporary affairs, they do not have to be bothered about their simpleton views being irreconcilable with 1,400 years of solid civilization by Muslims from China to Spain, or with the fact that 7 million American Muslims live among their neighbors in this country as proud, upright citizens. Continue reading →

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FOX News Radio: Ahmed Rehab Debates John Gibson on Sarkozy and the Burqa

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Izzy

Ahmed Rehab debates conservative radio host, John Gibson, on French president’s Sarkozy’s decision to ban the burqa and its implications. Continue reading →

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Right-Wing Group ‘Obsessed’ With Distorting Islam

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Ahmed Rehab

Obsession exploits Americans’ unfamiliarity with Islam and Muslims to suggest that deviant groups are somehow representative of the majority. It scours the Muslim world for bizarre incidents and falsely projects them as the accepted norm. While the Muslim world has its share of fanatics, they comprise a tiny fraction of the population and are highly at odds with mainstream societies. Continue reading →

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‘Obsession,’ The Radical Right’s War On Islam

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Ahmed Rehab

“Obsession” is not an honest critique of violent radicalism. Instead, it is a propaganda piece that seeks to cast a wide net of suspicion against Muslims by blurring the line between violent radicalism and mainstream Islam. As such, it does not call on credible experts and reputable scholars but resorts to shady characters like “former-terrorist” Walid Shoebat, who has made such outlandish statements as: “Islam is not the religion of God Islam is the devil.” Continue reading →

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ABC 7: Rehab on Anti-Muslim Email Sent by Frankfort Public Official

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Izzy

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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CNN: Rehab vs Glenn Beck on Ramadan, Christmas in School

Posted on October 4, 2007 by admin

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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ABC 7: Rehab on men deplaned for speaking Arabic

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Izzy

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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Freedom Is Not Spelled ‘Feardom’

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Ahmed Rehab

Is it possible for Muslim Americans to criticize our administration’s neoconservative foreign policies, our government’s complicit role in Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories, or our domestic breaches of civil liberties, and not be branded as “apologists for terror?” Since 9/11, anti-Muslim hysteria has evolved from a collective knee-jerk reaction to a premeditated and coordinated cottage industry, patronized by an agenda-driven elite seeking political – sometimes financial – gain. Continue reading →

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NBC 5: Hateful Remarks On Sox Website

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Izzy

A hateful posting directed at Muslims is found on an online forum for the Chicago White Sox. [Video] Continue reading →

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ABC: US Airways ejects Six Imams

Posted on December 18, 2006 by Izzy

Ahmed Rehab responds to Imams being evicted from US Airways flight Continue reading →

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Radical Conservative Actively Misguides Readers

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Ahmed Rehab

Criticizing the problematic elements within the Muslim world is fair game. I personally do it all the time as do many forward-looking Muslim leaders. However, looking at the worst possible case scenarios within the Muslim world in order to insinuate a general point about all Muslims or about Islam itself is as scholastically disingenuous as it is disrespectful to readers. It also constitutes classic Islamophobia. Continue reading →

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Pathological Islamophobe Targets American Faith Leader

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Ahmed Rehab

While renowned bridge-builder, Dr. Maher Hathout, has been a leading advocate for tolerance and pluralism both in the United States and the Muslim-majority world, Steven Emerson has made a name for himself in the ignoble but profitable trade of rabble-rousing and hatemongering against anybody who is a somebody in Muslim leadership. Continue reading →

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Alternative Reality Reporting- A New Trend In Journalism

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Ahmed Rehab

One must ask, what motivates the likes of Ms.Charen to level blatantly false accusations against Muslim-American leadership? What motivates her to laundry list random acts of violence committed by 7 deranged Muslims – whom she admits are doubtless “mentally borderline types” – as if they were representative of the “Muslim spirit of the day?” Continue reading →

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