By Walid Sankari The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), Syrian Community Network, Mosque Foundation, Arab American Action Network (AAAN), CAIR-Chicago, Islamic Cultural Center of Greater Chicago, Center for Islamic Teachings and Community Development (CITCD), Jewish Voice for Peace - Chicago, and hundreds of others united to protest President Donald Trump’s #MuslimBan at [...]
The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC), a coalition of over 60 Islamic institutions across Chicagoland, held a press conference on January 27 to address the deeply troubling executive orders set by the Trump administration to ban refugees from the United States. President Trump's executive orders, which he began signing on January 25, [...]
CIOGC have learned that Donald Trump will sign the executive order to ban refugees today, January 27, 2017. Please take note of the urgent travel alert below provided to us by legal counsel. URGENT Travel Alert: Foreign nationals subject to the ban to entry to the US (described below) who are currently in the US [...]
By Walid Sankari On the day of Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration, dozens of community institutions across Chicago organized to participate in the National Day of Service, which saw service projects enacted to better local communities. Spearheaded by Chicago Cares, many local nonprofits including the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, recruited volunteers who [...]
By Khadija Husain, Muslim Women's Alliance (MWA) Muslim Women’s Alliance (MWA), a non-profit organization based in Chicago and a national partner of the Women’s March on Washington, is taking a large group of Muslim community organizers to advocate for women’s rights on Inauguration Day. The highly contentious Presidential elections led to divisive rhetoric that polarized [...]
By New York Times Protesters gathered Saturday to support immigrant rights at rallies around the U.S., denouncing President-elect Donald Trump for his anti-immigrant rhetoric and his pledges to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country. "We are not going to allow Donald Trump to bury the [...]
As President-elect Donald Trump's administration will take office this month, American Muslims are facing increased challenges including rising hate crimes and violence against the Muslim community as well as serious threats of a Muslim registry, and increased harassment of Muslim organizations. In response to these threats, CIOGC held a civic engagement meeting on December 29 [...]
Dear Mr. President-Elect Trump: On behalf of more than 400,000 Muslims of Greater Chicago, I have the honor of conveying greetings and congratulations on your victory last night. We pray for your success as you work towards the safety and prosperity of all Americans and for a just peace around the world. Muslims [...]