On February 11, CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab was a panelist for an event hosted at Purdue University. Approximately 400 people were in attendance to see Rehab discuss the threat ISIS, along with Professor of Islamic Studies Scott Alexander, and author, attorney, and political philosopher Rafia Zakaria.

"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.

Ahmed Rehab joined WBEZ Worldview to discuss the impact ISIS is having on the Western world.

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, sat down to discuss the rise of Islamophobia with Randa Kuziez from the Interfaith Youth Core, and freelance journalist Deanna Othman on Chicago Tonight.

CAIR-Chicago held a press conference Friday to address recent hate incidents targeting Illinois Muslims. Incidents included threats to kill Arab-American Muslim high school students, a threat sent to mosque, and a threatening call to CAIR-Chicago.

At a news conference Friday, Ahmed Rehab, executive director of CAIR's Chicago chapter, criticized the district for not immediately putting the school on lockdown once the graffiti was discovered and said parents weren't notified quickly enough about the incident.