CAIR-Chicago’s Ahmed Rehab defines jihad as “the struggle against ignorance, injustice and hate. It is the struggle against the darkness in one’s own soul. It is the struggle to be patient in times of adversity.”

Communications Coordinator, Aymen Abdel Halim, responds to Newsweek's "Muslim rage" and Time Magazine's "Agents of Outrage" issues.

Representatives for each side were scheduled to submit responses by Monday to motions for summary judgment filed by both parties. The deadline for turning in that paperwork to Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois was moved to Wednesday.

The recent release of anti-Islam movie “Innocence of Muslims” and anti-Muslim advertisements in New York City’s subway system have caused rage among Muslims in the Middle East. The Chronicle interviewed local Muslims at the Downtown Islamic Center and CAIR (Council on American-Islam Relations) Chicago and asked for their reactions to it.

Suburban Muslims are using social media and other positive campaigns to counter anti-Islam messages in the wake of global protests — some violent — over a controversial video about Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, and anti-Muslim posters plastered in New York City subway stations.

Members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations arranged a viewing of the Senate’s hearing on hate crimes and domestic extremism at their headquarters. The hearing focused on exposing hate crimes and preventing domestic extremism in America.

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

Gerald Hankerson, outreach coordinator for CAIR-Chicago, spoke Saturday at Hanover Park’s forum called, “Who are my Muslim neighbors?” at village hall. The event was sponsored by the village’s Cultural Inclusion & Diversity Committee.

Believing a dialogue should take place to form a deeper understanding of Hanover Park’s own Muslim residents, and hopefully prevent them from becoming future targets, village leaders put together a cultural forum, “Who are my Muslim Neighbors?”

On Friday September 14, CAIR-Chicago, along with members of the Libyan and Muslim community held a candlelight vigil for the late U.S. Ambassador, Christopher Stevens.

Ahmed Rehab and Laith Saud speak to WBEZ’s Worldview about the violence and anti-American protests throughout the Muslim world that has resulted from an amateur anti-Muslim film.

A grave site in the Muslim section of Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park has been defaced for the second time in two weeks.

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.

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.