Meanwhile, Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago's executive director, said at a Sunday news conference with members of Wadea's family that he was "a lovely boy" who loved his family, friends, soccer and basketball, and who "paid the price for the atmosphere of hate and othering."

Wadea had celebrated his birthday shortly before his death, Ahmed Rehab, CAIR-Chicago’s executive director, said in a news conference Sunday.

In the wake of the announcement regarding the opening of the Bally’s Casino within the historic Medinah Temple in Chicago, a significant debate has arisen surrounding the perception of the building’s religious significance. To shed light on this matter, the Chicago Reader has reached out to Ahmed Rehab, the Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, for his perspective.

Emma Melton of the Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Abuatelah against the village of Oak Lawn and the three officers involved in the beating.

CHICAGO - CAIR-Chicago hosted a news conference following the grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn Police officer, Patrick O’Donnell.

CAIR-Chicago’s Staff Attorney Emma Melton, ESQ. responds to grand jury indictment of Oak Lawn police officer in bruutal beating of 17-year-old Hadi Abuatelah in July 2022.

“For never again to be never again, we cannot allow our Jewish neighbors to stand alone in such moments,”