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Join CAIR-Chicago at the Global Day of Action to Close Guantanamo and End Indefinite Detention
Please join us in Chicago for a spirited demonstration and march, starting the Water Tower Park on Friday, May 23rd at 4:30pm.
PRESS RELEASE: CAIR-Chicago hosts public viewing of 2012 Presidential debate
CAIR-Chicago will be hosting a public viewing of the 2nd presidential debate of the 2012 elections. Join us in our Gallery where we will be live streaming the debate.
Dare to DREAM: Obama's new policy on undocumented youth
Undocumented youth and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights comment on Obama’s new policy which offers new opportunities to over 800,000 young immigrants across the United States.
Dare to DREAM: Obama's new policy on undocumented youth
Undocumented youth and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights comment on Obama’s new policy which offers new opportunities to over 800,000 young immigrants across the United States.
The state of NDAA: Why it still matters, indefinitely
When was the last time you heard about the indefinite detention provision in NDAA 2012? Maybe not for a while, but we'll tell you why it's important and how it affects your civil liberties.
Moving of G8 summit fails to move protestors
Although Obama relocated the G8 summit from Chicago to Camp David, activists still plan to protest the NATO summit. The G8 summit was planned to take place on May18 and 19 and May 20 and 21 for the NATO summit, since last summer. Activists readied themselves to protest the lack of efforts by these organizations until Obama announced the transfer of the G8 summit. Activists believe the summit was moved for one reason: fear.
ACTION ALERT: Express your opposition to the President's signing of NDAA
On December 31st, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law - allowing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens around the world.
ACTION ALERT: Express your opposition to the President's signing of NDAA
On December 31st, 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law - allowing the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens around the world.
CAIR-Chicago rallies against National Defense Authorization Act provisions
On Thursday December 15th, 2011 - the 220th anniversary of the signing of the Bill of Rights into law - CAIR-Chicago’s deputy director Sufyan Sohel, along with members of the interfaith community, spoke at a rally in Federal Plaza in downtown Chicago to oppose new provisions introduced as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Sun-Times: U.S. oversteps boundary
I read Neil Steinberg's Oct. 3 column, "Suddenly they trust Obama to kill people." I appreciate that he pointed out that the murder of Anwar al-Awlaki’s violates the Constitution.
WBEZ: Local Reactions to President Obama's Foreign Policy
Ahmed Rehab is the Executive Director of CAIR Chicago: the Council on American-Islamic Relations. He said the President sugar-coats the US demands on Israel. "Would you please do this, pretty please do that? That's not the message the United States should have. We need to be a lot more courageous and bold and demanding of the right thing."
ABC 7: CAIR-Chicago Shares Hopes for Obama's Speech on Middle East Policy
"I think the President realizes that this is a historic opportunity for us to shift our foreign policy towards the Arab world, towards acknowledging the fact that it is the millions in the street calling for democracy and freedom, that are the real voice of that part of the world - and not the sporadic, peripheral, marginal, militant radical groups," said Ahmed Rehab.
FOX Business: Ahmed Rehab on How Bin Laden's Assassination Highlights Flaws in Our 'War on Terror'
"We've politicized 9/11, we've had costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with surges, military personnel, with trillions of dollars spent. And then at the end of the day it takes what we've been saying all along - good, hard intelligence and a committed group of surgical strikes," says Ahmed Rehab.
FOX Chicago News: Ahmed Rehab Discusses Impact of Death of bin Laden
"The American Muslim community was relieved, there's a sense of vindication. This has been a long time coming," said Rehab.
PRESS RELEASE: Muslim Group Welcomes News of bin Laden’s Defeat
"We are relieved that justice has not been denied even if it has been delayed,” said Ahmed Rehab. “This goes to show that the way to fight terror is through good intelligence operations, and not military surges abroad, or the choking of civil liberties at home."
Ahmed Rehab on MSNBC, Anticipating Mubarak's Resignation
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC from Tahrir Square as Egyptians, and the whole world, wait for Mubarak's resignation.
Ahmed Rehab on MSNBC, Anticipating Mubarak's Resignation
Ahmed Rehab talks to MSNBC from Tahrir Square as Egyptians, and the whole world, wait for Mubarak's resignation.