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Anyone Calling for Jerusalem Post Deputy Editor’s Firing?| Jul 2nd, 2010
Recently, the legendary Helen Thomas, 89 years old, was forced to retire after making private statements caught on video regarding Israel. Shortly thereafter, Thomas issued an apology on her website, stating that she deeply regretted her comments, and that they did not reflect her “heartfelt belief...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Jul 2nd, 2010
Anyone Calling for Jerusalem Post De...
Recently, the legendary Helen Thomas, 89 years old, was forced to retire after making private statements caught on video regarding Israel. Shortly thereafter, Thomas issued an apology on her website, stating...
Posted by Christina Abraham | May 10th, 2010
Ninth Circuit’s Khatib decisio...
In a feat of apologetic acrobatics, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rendered a decision [PDF file] in Khatib v. County of Orange affirming a district court’s dismissal of a complaint under the...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Apr 21st, 2010
Naperville Sun: Labels are inflammat...
When a group of Muslims attempted to create the Irshad Learning Center in Naperville, much was said about the supposed “threat” this group posed. Indeed, treating all Muslims as a potential threat...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Mar 30th, 2010
CAIR-Chicago Calls on City Colleges ...
CAIR-Chicago held a news conference on March 29, 2010, to call on the City Colleges of Chicago to resolve complaints of discrimination by Muslim employees of Truman College.
Zubair Khan, representing plaintiffs...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Nov 3rd, 2009
University of Chicago Failed to Dist...
By Christina Abraham
Recently, the University of Chicago invited former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to speak at the Harris School of Public Policy for its annual leadership lecture. In light of...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Sep 18th, 2009
Reminding the World that Human Right...
We are not here today to remember the human rights abuses that go on daily in the world. We are here to remind, because we don’t forget, and we won’t forget. And indeed, it’s the least we can do....
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Christina Abraham is the Civil Rights Director at CAIR-Chicago. Christina has spoken and written on issues related to Arab and Muslim civil rights, and actively works to pursue successful resolutions to incidents of discrimination through legal and non-legal channels. Christina is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights and a member of the Advisory Board of the BRussels International Tribunal. Christina holds a Masters in the Arts of Social Sciences (M.A.) at the University of Chicago where her focus was on Politics in the Middle East, and a Juris Doctorate at DePaul University where she received membership in the Order of the Barristers. She is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois.