MEDIA DIGEST: CAIR-Chicago Responds to “Burn A Koran Day” and Islamophobia...
With Pastor Terry Jones' "Burn A Koran Day" fiasco and the ongoing Park51 debate taking center stage in the media, CAIR-Chicago is taking action. We are challenging misinformation and anti-Muslim...
View ArticleOutreach Coordinator Meets with Israeli-Palestinian Envoy
On Monday, Oct. 4th, CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson met with an international envoy from Israel and Palestine to share ideas on how to improve Jewish-Muslim relations through art....
View ArticleJewish-Muslim Text Study on “Youth and Social Change”
The Jewish-Muslim Community Building Initiative, presented by the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and CAIR-Chicago, is holding a discussion and study of Jewish and Muslim texts in relation to youth and...
View ArticleInterfaith Leaders Hold Press Conference; Support DuPage Mosque
CAIR-Chicago participated in an interfaith press conference held on behalf of the Muslim Education and Cultural Center of America (MECCA), the third mosque denied a permit in DuPage County in the past...
View ArticlePRESS CONFERENCE: Civil Rights, Interfaith Leaders to Condemn Controversial...
On Thursday, December 8, the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), along with other civil rights and interfaith groups, will hold a press conference calling on...
View ArticleCivil Rights, Interfaith Leaders Hold Press Conference to Condemn...
On Thursday, December 8, civil rights and interfaith leaders held a press conference at the CAIR-Chicago office to condemn the controversial new provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (S....
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 ArticleCAIR-Chicago co-sponsoring interfaith arts exchange on April 4th
Join CAIR-Chicago Outreach Coordinator Gerald Hankerson, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the Council for the Advancement of Muslim Professionals on Thursday, April 4th for an arts exchange...
View ArticleIftar in the Synagogue 2013: Neighbors against bigotry
Come support the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs this year by attending Iftar in the Synagogue on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at 6:30PM. The post Iftar in the Synagogue 2013: Neighbors against bigotry...
View ArticleJCUA Presents at CAIR-Chicago
Director on Teen Programs, Rebecca Katz, brought together a group of students from Or Tzedek, a leadership of Jewish youth, to present on various topics regarding oppression and discrimination. The...
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