Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, says he was not necessarily “emotionally offended” by the cartoons, but he did find them to be “in poor taste.”

I am not Charlie. I am not the terrorist either. I do not have to be Charlie to loathe the terrorists, and I do not have to resort to terrorism to register my displeasure with Charlie.

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CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director, Ahmed Rehab, responds to recent attack on the French publication Charlie Hebdo. The heinous crime left 12 dead and lead to a bloody manhunt across Paris.

Through an examination of the similarities between the WWII incarceration experience of Japanese Americans and the post-9/11 experience of the Muslim Americans, Bridging Communities builds solidarity between these two communities.

A Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo Event with Andy Worthington, Candace Gorman and Debra Sweet.

From workplace discrimination to immigration and asylum, for eleven years CAIR-Chicago has worked tirelessly to defend the rights of hundreds of American Muslims and ensure that media bias is kept in check.

Be a Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) fellow at CAIR-Chicago for the Summer of 2015. Apply today!

Members of CAIR-Chicago's staff gratefully accepted an invitation to tour the Art Institute Chicago’s new Galleries for Islamic Art on Wednesday and encourage others, Muslim or non-Muslim to explore the new Islamic addition to the museum.

CAIR-Chicago mourns the passing of Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka. The longtime public servant died early this morning from complications of a stroke at age 70.

After a local teen was arrested for his alleged attempt to join ISIS, CAIR-Chicago continues to support Muslim and non-Muslim communities across Chicagoland though outreach and education. Executive Director Ahmed Rehab sat down with NBC to outline the strategies being used to address the issue.

Earlier this month CAIR-Chicago held its bi-annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) co-sponsored by The University of Illinois at Chicago Muslim Student Association.

CAIR-Chicago offers a wide range of internship and volunteer opportunities targeted at developing new professional skills while nurturing existing personal strengths. The Winter-Spring Internship session is just around the corner and we are looking for talented applicants to join our team!

SAVE THE DATE! Attend CAIR-Chicago's 11th Anniversary Gala- February 7th, 2015!

SAVE THE DATE! Attend CAIR-Chicago's 11th Anniversary Gala- February 7th, 2015!

Join CAIR-Chicago on Tuesday, November 18th, for Defending Rights, a program on the importance of protecting the rights of children detained in military courts, and the rights of U.S. Palestine human rights activists.

Rasmea Odeh, 67, was arrested by agents of the Department of Homeland Security and charged with immigration fraud for allegedly “lying” on her citizenship application twenty years ago. Odeh is a Chicago Palestinian and respected Arab community organizer, haunted by a forty year old conviction in an Israeli military court. If found guilty, she could face up to ten years in federal prison, an immediate revocation of her citizenship, and deportation from the United States.

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY- Chicago students affiliated with the student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will attend an administrative hearing scheduled this Thursday, October 30 to respond to allegations made against the group after Palestinian students lined up on September 9, 2014 to try to register for a Birthright Israel trip to highlight its discrimination against Palestinians.