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Posted by Christina Abraham | Sep 18th, 2009
Reminding the World that Human Rights Abuses Continue on Al Quds Day
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. We will all leave here tonight, drive off in our cars and sleep in our soft comfy beds in safety, while somewhere across the world a woman is raped, and somewhere else a child starves, and in yet another place...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Sep 15th, 2009
My Flower to Bush, the Occupier: The Story of My Shoe
Mutadhar al-Zaidi, the Iraqi who threw his shoe at George Bush gave this speech on his recent release.
In the name of God, the most gracious and most merciful.
Here I am, free. But my country is still a prisoner of war.
Firstly, I give my thanks and my regards to everyone who stood beside me, whether inside my country, in the Islamic world, in the free world. There has been a lot of talk about the action...
Posted by Christina Abraham | Sep 15th, 2009
Amendment to Michigan Rules of Evidence discriminates against Muslim women by allowing courts to limit traditional dress
The newly adopted amendment to Rule 611 of the Michigan Rules of Evidence (MRE 611) is constitutionally questionable. The portion at issue reads:
The court shall exercise reasonable control over the appearance of parties and witnesses so as to (1) ensure that the demeanor of such persons may be observed and assessed by the fact-finder, and (2) to ensure the accurate identification of such persons.
The controversy...
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.