{"id":4919,"date":"2010-09-29T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T04:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2010-10-14T17:20:30","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T21:20:30","slug":"cair-chicagos-ahmed-rehab-heads-panel-at-first-major-oic-conference-on-american-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/?p=4919","title":{"rendered":"CAIR-Chicago&#8217;s Ahmed Rehab heads panel at first major OIC conference on American soil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Foreign Coordination<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> September 29, 2010<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) sponsored a three-day conference &#8211; September 28-30 &#8211; on Islam and Muslims in Chicago.\u00a0 OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu made the keynote speech on the first night.\u00a0 The stated objective of the conference was to &#8220;discuss the issues of Muslims living in the US, seeking solutions to their problems, <strong>discussing possible contributions of the OIC to Muslims in the US, and creating ties between the OIC and Muslims and Islamic organizations in the US.&#8221; <\/strong><em>(1)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago<\/strong> moderated the first panel on September 29 entitled &#8220;The Role of the OIC &amp; The Scope for its Relations with American Muslims.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 That night there was an &#8220;invitation only&#8221; dinner on the agenda. <em>(2)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The OIC announced that &#8220;topics of discussions included the role of OIC and the scope for its relations with American Muslims, <strong>American foreign policy and the Muslim World<\/strong>, Islam in the American context and discussions surrounding the future of the Muslim community in the United States.&#8221; <em>(3)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(1)<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/arabnews.com\/world\/article147792.ece\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/arabnews.com\/world\/article147792.ece<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/ArabNews_OIC_Chicago.pdf\">(Backup PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(2)<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cairchicago.org\/2010\/09\/15\/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-islam-and-muslims-in-america-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cairchicago.org\/2010\/09\/15\/ahmed-rehab-to-speak-at-islam-and-muslims-in-america-conference\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Ahmed_Rehab_Chicago_OIC.pdf\">(Backup PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>(3)<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oic-oci.org\/topic_detail.asp?t_id=4367&amp;x_key=\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.oic-oci.org\/topic_detail.asp?t_id=4367&amp;x_key=<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cairunmasked.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/OIC_Chicago_Conf.htm\">(Backup HTML)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foreign Coordination Date: September 29, 2010 Description: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) sponsored a three-day conference &#8211; 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