"We need to empower our communities in which to be able to detect that and prevent that before it's too late," said Ahmed Rehab, Council on American Islamic Relations.

We wish to thank you for making our 11th Annual Banquet a memorable and enjoyable evening! The feedback has been positive with some suggesting that this was one of the most diverse Muslim galas in Chicago.

We wish to thank you for making our 11th Annual Banquet a memorable and enjoyable evening! The feedback has been positive with some suggesting that this was one of the most diverse Muslim galas in Chicago.

CAIR-Chicago held its annual banquet in Oak Brook Terrace. The banquet was a chance to celebrate CAIR's achievements over the past 11 years and the diversity of the Muslim community.

CAIR-Chicago's 9th Annual Banquet was featured on ABC 7.

At an April 19th press conference hosted at CAIR-Chicago, Executive Director Ahmed Rehab asks the American public not to judge the entire Muslim community based on the actions of the individual culprits of the Boston Marathon bombings.

CAIR-Chicago launches an attention-getting campaign, the theme: 'My Jihad.' The Council says this is part of a national public education campaign seeking to share the proper meaning of jihad as believed and practiced by the majority of Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson participated in a cultural forum entitled, "Who are my Muslim neighbors?," at Hanover Park on Saturday.

CAIR-Chicago held a protest downtown condemning hate and Islamophobia and it's media department gave numerous interviews addressing the recent desecration of a Muslim man's grave in Evergreen Park, IL.

Anti-Muslim graffiti is found on a Muslim man's grave in Evergreen Park, Ill. Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, comments.

CAIR-Chicago gave numerous interviews on different media venues addressing the recent anti-Muslim attacks in Morton Grove and Lombard, Ill., while also receiving a statement from governor Pat Quinn, condemning the attacks.

CAIR-Chicago gave numerous interviews on different media venues addressing the recent anti-Muslim attacks in Morton Grove and Lombard, Ill., while also receiving a statement from governor Pat Quinn, condemning the attacks.

CAIR-Chicago's media department gave over 20 interviews on 16 different media venues calling out Congressman Joe Walsh's bigoted comments on Islam and Muslims. The following digest includes a selection of these interviews.

Investigators say David Conrad, 51, lives next to the mosque in Morton Grove. They say he fired a pellet rifle at the building while 500 people prayed inside Friday evening and damaged the mosque.