CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, was featured in monthly newsletter from the WTTW | WFMT Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Employee Resource Group.

Ahmed Rehab as a spotlight feature, wrote a piece titled “Tarawih, Soul Relaxation” talking about the Tarawih prayer at Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco, the largest mosque in Africa.

Ahmed writes:

Slowly but surely, Western Muslims are staking their natural space as a native culture to the lands they call home. You can see signs of this emerging from mainstream television advertising to kids' cartoons to shopping platforms to public squares to professional sports platforms.  

He continues on to say:

The world needs Ramadan regardless of one’s faith disposition, just as the world needs Christmas. In an increasingly materialistic world where highs are constantly sought though increasingly short-lived, Ramadan is a reminder to the world to pause, listen, feel, appreciate, bond, respect, love, and reflect. Surely, we can all benefit from that.

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