CAIR-Chicago reports rise in anti-Muslim discrimination cases
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says the number of reported anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination complaints is on the rise.
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The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says the number of reported anti-Muslim and anti-Arab discrimination complaints is on the rise.
The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging Concordia University to cancel an upcoming conference.
Attorneys for Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin's largest mosque, told a federal judge he has lost 30 pounds and is not receiving consistent medical care for Type 2 diabetes while held in an Indiana jail.
In the wake of the shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, many Muslim Chicagoans say they're not surprised and that conditions in the world right now are right for attacks like this to happen again.
Three people were killed in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, and two suspected shooters were found dead inside a vehicle nearby, police said.
A local Chicago Iranian artist uses her work to honor her heritage, her history and her Muslim culture.
Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a new law that mandates all Illinois state facilities provide both kosher and halal food options.
Will County, Illinois, prosecutors positioned a screen in a way that the jurors and judge could see but not the people watching from the gallery.
In one comment, Feigenholtz called someone a "truth-sayer" after he criticized Westerners who praise Islam and claimed that Muslims treat women like cattle.
Surveillance video shows someone over the weekend in a vehicle pulling up and firing at the glass late at night.
Nothing has prepared the owners of Redzovic Jiu-Jitsu in Lincoln Square for someone opening fire on the business twice this summer alone. Jermont Terry reports.
CBS News Chicago obtained a copy of the complaint, which accuses professors of making racist and insensitive comments to the students.
Joseph Czuba, 71, has been charged with stabbing 32-year-old Hanan Shaheen – whose name has also been spelled Hanaan Shahin – and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoumi.
Election results show Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to continue his long reign, but with a smaller mandate than predicted.
ChiTown Muslimah Athletics is a women's Muslim athletics group for women 23 and over.
Many young Muslim girls did not play sports growing up – as fights to get exceptions for uniform restrictions often requiring a waiver and leading to embarrassment, or even rejection. Now with ChiTown Muslimah Athletics, some women are now able to choose both faith and sports. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Three people were shot at the end of a Ramadan event attended by around 1,000 people in West Philadelphia's Parkside section Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Student-athletes at MCC Academy in Morton Grove are demonstrating exceptional devotion, like senior basketball star Youseff Hassab. They're balancing sports and fasting during the holy month of Ramadan.
The group gathered near Buckingham Fountain to pray Taraweeh, the night prayer offered in congregation during the month of Ramadan.
The donations were a beacon of light and hope a day after the first crescent moon was spotted to begin Ramadan.
Hundreds of Chicago Muslims lined up Monday to receive boxes of food – blessings from Allah – in the West Ridge community as part of the holy celebration of Ramadan. CBS 2's Darius Johnson reports.
The school said it was a horrible case of bullying, but others insist this was a targeted hate crime.
In the video, a seventh-grade girl wearing a hijab is cornered by the lockers at Glenside Middle School in Glendale Heights – when a boy comes and puts her into a chokehold before slamming her to the floor. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Around the world on Friday, Muslims celebrated Eid, the end of the holy month of Ramadan. There was a large prayer service at the Islamic Center of Wheaton in the afternoon.
Morning Insider Lauren Victory takes us behind the scenes of a huge celebration of the Islamic faith.
