Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, speaks to WBEZ's Odette Yousef about the desecration of a Muslim man's grave in Evergreen Park, Ill.

Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Communications Coordinator Aymen Abdel Halim respond to hateful graffiti on a Muslim man's grave in Evergreen Park, Ill.

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

Anti-Islam "hate graffiti" was found spray-painted this week on a Muslim grave at a cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., a local group has discovered.

Community and religious groups will protest in downtown Chicago on Friday after a Muslim man found his father’s grave desecrated at an Evergreen Park cemetery, an apparent act of vandalism that follows two other incidents targeting Muslim institutions.

(CHICAGO, 8/17/2012) — The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) said today that Muslim graves at the Evergreen cemetery in Evergreen Park, Ill., have been spray-painted with anti-Islam hate graffiti.

On June 3rd, 2012, CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Rabya Khan will be presenting a "Know Your Rights" training at the MSI Masjid in Glendale Heights, IL.

On June 3rd, 2012, CAIR-Chicago Staff Attorney Rabya Khan will be presenting a "Know Your Rights" training at the MSI Masjid in Glendale Heights, IL.

The success of the recent CAIR-Chicago 2012 banquet has been roundly positive from almost everyone: the speakers, awardees, guests, and even the media. But the success of the Chicago Muslim community has left one man agonizing and lashing out in bitter disappointment and desperation. Anti-Muslim, self-styled "terrorism expert" Steven Emerson has published a hysterical piece on IPT, his controversial blog, throwing everything and the kitchen sink at pretty much everyone: CAIR-Chicago, its Executive Director Ahmed Rehab, Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, Professor John Esposito, Sheikh Kifah Mustapha, and others.

CAIR-Chicago's Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, wants Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to clarify his position on the NYPD spying program and also to assure Muslims that a spying operation has not been implemented in Chicago.

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, expressed concern over the revelation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy's involvement in the NYPDs spying on Muslims.

“I expect police and federal investigators to thoroughly examine the incident and remain vigilant as there has been a significant rise in these sorts of hateful, Islamophobic incidents across the country,” said Abraham. “We will not let hatemongers spread fear and intimidate Muslims.”

Due to the high number of Muslim constituents in Bridgeview, the Police Department is working to develop more cultural sensitivity by gaining a better understanding of Islam and Muslims. CAIR-Chicago believes more training like this will serve to eliminate racial profiling and future injustices directed towards Muslims in Chicago and across the country.

"More Muslim women like Abusumayah need to speak up," said Amina Sharif. "If you keep quiet, the bigotry will only continue.""Usually after incidents like Fort Hood, there tends to be a spike in hate crimes," said Christina Abraham. "Current events cause people to act out in bigotry."

"I think (a charge of hate crime) sends the appropriate message that these kinds of race-based lash-outs are unacceptable," said Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "Every time something like (the Fort Hood shootings) happens, the Muslim community prepares for a backlash."