CAIR-Chicago Senior Outreach Coordinator Dina Rehab discusses CAIR-Chicago's recent blood drive held at the Downtown Islamic Center in partnership with LifeSource as a part of a nationwide summer-long campaign, "Muslims Care" with Radio Islam host Hiba Abdul-Rahim. She discusses the role of charity at the heart of Islam and her work to increase community service participation by Chicagoland Muslims.

CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab discusses the controversy surrounding Khalil Gibran International Academy in New York as the first Arabic language public school in New York on the Santita Jackson Show on Chicago's WVON 1690 radio. Santita discusses the contributions that author Khalil Gibran made to American pop culture including the adage "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." The school was named after Gibran, who was a Christian, arabic-speaking author of "The Prophet," one of America's all-time best selling books.

It was an American airline’s flight from San Diego. Officials say a woman passenger complained to the crew that several men were speaking Arabic and she wanted off the plane. It was late at night. The plane returned to the gate and the men were questioned. Everything was okay but it was now past San Diego’s takeoff curfew, so everyone had to wait until yesterday afternoon to fly to Chicago.

Al-Arian, who has already lost almost 30 pounds, began refusing food and water on March 3rd to protest a third attempt by prosecutors to compel his testimony in court. He was recently transferred from his Virginia prison to a medical facility in North Carolina.

National debate sparked concerning religious and racial profiling of American Muslims following the detainment of 6 Imams and the subsequent refusal of US Airways to allow the men to rebook flights to their destination, despite having cleared FBI security screenings on Monday November 20th.

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, talks to Worldview's Jerome McDonnell on Chicago Public Radio about "Islamofascism" and other reductive terminologies. He argues that the public discourse on Islam in this country is problematic in its use of such terms.

Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director, talks to Worldview's Jerome McDonnell on Chicago Public Radio about "Islamofascism" and other reductive terminologies. He argues that the public discourse on Islam in this country is problematic in its use of such terms.