CAIR-Chicago Meets with Chicago Police on Sensitivity Training
CAIR-Chicago’s Executive Director Ahmed Rehab and Civil Rights Coordinator Christina Abraham met with Deputy Superintendent Dana Starks and Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) Director Vance...
View ArticleChicagoist: Rehab expresses concern over McCarthy's knowledge of spying program
Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, expressed concern over the revelation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy's involvement in the NYPDs spying on Muslims. The post Chicagoist:...
View ArticleChicago Tribune: Muslim leader – Top Chicago cop vows no spying
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy vowed at a meeting with a local Muslim leader Tuesday to confine his department's surveillance activities to those that pursue "criminal leads," and to...
View ArticleWBEZ 91.5: Chicago Muslims reassured after meeting McCarthy
Less than one week after sending a letter to Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, a Muslim rights advocate organization says it has been reassured that Chicago police will not undertake...
View ArticleABC 7 News: CAIR-Chicago banquet promotes A Future Without Bigotry
Members and supporters of the Muslim-American community were recognized for defending the civil and constitutional rights of Muslim- Americans, and Americans as a whole. The post ABC 7 News:...
View ArticleHuffington Post: Garry McCarthy, Chicago Police Chief, Pledges No NYPD-Esque...
For the first time in public, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy promised his department will never conduct blanket surveillance of Muslims like the New York Police Department did in Newark, N.J.,...
View ArticleWBEZ: McCarthy publicly reassures Muslims
McCarthy is the first Chicago Police Superintendent to have attended a CAIR-Chicago annual banquet, according to CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab. Rehab said even if McCarthy knew of the...
View ArticleThe impact of surveillance programs on the American-Muslim community
A feeling of suspicion has swept over American-Muslims, leaving some distrustful of others in their own community. The post The impact of surveillance programs on the American-Muslim community appeared...
View ArticleCAIR-Chicago joins Asian Americans Against Police Brutality at Press...
On Thursday May 29th CAIR-Chicago staff and interns joined with community leaders and organizers at a press conference at the mayor's office against police brutality. The post CAIR-Chicago joins Asian...
View ArticleJoin CAIR-Chicago Saturday, June 7 for an Asian American Town Hall Forum
Join us on Saturday, June 7 for an Asian American Town Hall Forum at the Japanese American Service Committee Center to discuss the various issues surrounding the Jianqing Klyzek CPD brutality case that...
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