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Executive Director Ahmed Rehab receives award from Community Builders Chicago
On May 26, 2013, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab received an award from Community Builders Chicago, recognizing him for founding the MyJihad campaign.
Patheos: Why #MyJihad doesn’t engage with Islamophobes like Pamela Geller
Angie Emara, project coordinator of the #MyJihad ad campaign, wrote a response to Davi Barker, who blogs at The Muslim Agorist and writes for The Examiner and Altmuslim, on his analysis for the debate Pamela Geller had with Michael Krasney opposite David Chiu.
Balkan Chronicle: #MyJihad is steeped in my Balkan roots
Yasmina Kishanov Blackburn is a soccer mom who is involved with the #MyJihad campaign and discusses what the term 'jihad' means to her.
BizPac: CAIR-Florida fights to run ‘#MyJihad’ bus ads
The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has embarked on a campaign to redefine the term “jihad,” applying earlier this year to advertise a “#MyJihad” message on Hillsborough Area Regional Transit buses.
Radio Free Europe: Campaign aims to reclaim true meaning of 'jihad'
Radio Free Europe covers the #MyJihad ad campaign launched by CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab.
Campus Progress: What Does The Word Jihad Mean To You?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations sponsored an educational campaign to reframe the way people view the word "jihad."
OPB: Through ad campaign, Muslim activists want to redefine 'jihad'
In an effort to "reclaim" the word jihad, Muslim activists launched a new ad campaign in the nation's capitol this week. Commuters in the Washington, D.C. subway system will start seeing posters stamped with the "#My Jihad" hashtag.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Debra Saunders - Sanctimony city
Debra Saunders reviews the recent controversy in San Francisco over Pamela Geller's #MyJihad counter-campaign.
On Islam: Jihad ad war on American streets
An advertising war is taking place on American streets between Muslims and Islamophobes about the meaning of Jihad.
NPR: In Chicago, dueling ads over the meaning of 'Jihad'
In Chicago, a group has launched a bus and subway ad campaign meant to reclaim the term jihad from another series of ads that presents jihadists as violent.
NPR: In Chicago, dueling ads over the meaning of 'Jihad'
In Chicago, a group has launched a bus and subway ad campaign meant to reclaim the term jihad from another series of ads that presents jihadists as violent.
Muslim Matters: #MyJihad - The ‘struggle’ to reclaim Islam
Muslim Matters discusses the goal of #MyJihad Public Education Campaign and sheds light on how it is successfully driving home the message that 'jihad' in actuality refers to a concerted effort or struggle, namely by an individual in the path of God.
Huffington Post: San Francisco anti-Islam bus ads ignite controversy
The Huffington Post reports on the San Francisco public transit authority's fight against anti-Islamic ads sponsored by the AFDI. The ads that closely resemble the #Myjihad Public Education Campaign ads are sparking controversy and inspired SFMTA to donate all revenue generated from the ads to the city's Human Rights Commission.
The New York Times: Using Billboards to Stake Claim Over ‘Jihad’
The New York Times reports on CAIR-Chicago's public campaign "MyJihad" which promotes a peaceful meaning of the word 'jihad.'
Jewish News One: Washington’s 'MyJihad' advertising campaign
Traditionally, in Islam, the term jihad means 'striving in the way of God" or more simply, struggle. For many Americans, the term jihad has come to have negative and violent connotations. An advertising campaign in America's public transport system is trying to change that.
Jewish News One: Washington’s 'MyJihad' advertising campaign
Traditionally, in Islam, the term jihad means 'striving in the way of God" or more simply, struggle. For many Americans, the term jihad has come to have negative and violent connotations. An advertising campaign in America's public transport system is trying to change that.
North by Northwestern: Behind the My Jihad campaign
On the Feb. 7 edition of Hannity, conservative pundit and show host Sean Hannity raised concerns over allegedly controversial comments made by CIA Director nominee John Brennan in 2009.
Medill Reports Chicago: A ‘jihad’ to reclaim the word from extremists
Medill Reports Chicago interviews CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, about the #MyJihad campaign.