Chicago advocates travel to Illinois Capitol to call for cease-fire

Chicago advocates travel to Illinois Capitol to call for cease-fire

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Muslim American advocates from Chicago traveled down to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to also call for a cease-fire in Gaza.Usually, action days in Springfield focus on legislative issues related to Illinois ' Muslim community, but this year, the organizers said, is different.

'I saw some pictures, some student had a hammer in his hand, at a window,' said CIOGC Executive Director Gregory Abdullah Mitchell. 'We do not endorse lawlessness. We do not endorse the breaking of the laws. But what we do endorse and what we do advocate is that the leaders of the universities must open the door and have meaningful conversations.

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