Chicagoans Protest Attacks on Freedom to Worship at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque
Along with similar protests in New York, Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramalah, and Gaza City, 300 Chicagoans protested the escalating Israeli security forces and extremist settler attacks on Muslim worshippers...
View ArticleChicagoans Commemorate World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel 2015
From September 21th through the 27th, The Palestine Israel Ecumenical Forum (PIEF) called for a “World Week for Peace in Palestine Israel.” The PIEF was launched by the World Council of Churches in...
View ArticleIs the UK Mandated Reporter for “Extremists” Program Coming to the US?
PREVENT, a UK government counter-terrorism strategy that “aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism” focused on British Muslims was first introduced in 2006. Not surprisingly,...
View ArticleIslamic Medical Relief Missions to Sudan, Jordan, and Haiti Focus on the...
The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) has conducted medical relief missions around the world and provided funds for hospital projects in over 20 countries for over fifteen years....
View ArticleBoeing Faces Increased Opposition on Weapons Sales to Israel
For the fourth year in a row, anti-war activists protested outside the annual Boeing shareholders meeting in Chicago yesterday. For the first time this year, Boeing shareholders who oppose weapons...
View ArticleIllinois Lawmakers Vote To Divest from Companies that Support Palestinian...
Activists in Illinois and nationally are part of a growing movement to divest from companies that support human rights violations by Israel. Meanwhile Illinois lawmakers are busy voting to force state...
View ArticleIllinois Designates May 19 as Malcolm X Day
On this day when Malcolm X would have been 90 years old, the State of Illinois has designated “May 19, 2015 and every May 19 thereafter as “Malcolm X Day.” The Senate passed unanimously a resolution...
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