by Veronica Laizure, Civil Rights Director | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog
It’s almost time to go back to school! Whether you’re starting at a new campus, returning to a favorite stomping ground, or sending your kids off to school, take the time to make sure you know your rights as a Muslim in a public school. Although reports of bullying in...
by Adam Soltani | Aug 9, 2019 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 8/9/2019) – On Sunday, August 11, Oklahoma Muslims will mark the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, with communal prayers and celebrations at locations around the state. The prayers and the holiday that follows Hajj are called Eid...
by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | Tulsa World | Jul 29, 2019 | In The News
I attended the Fort Sill protest in response to the separation and detainment of migrant children. On July 20, hundreds of people from across the nation gathered with fists raised in dissent of government policy. My mind, however, was not singularly focused. I kept...
by Adam Soltani | Jul 11, 2019 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 7/10/2019) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today condemned Islamophobic graffiti that appeared on a Tulsa billboard advertisement for a local exhibition of Islamic art. On Wednesday, July 10, an unknown...
by Kelsy Schlotthauer | Tulsa World | Jul 11, 2019 | In The News
Officials are condemning apparent hate vandalism that appeared Wednesday on a billboard advertising an ongoing Islamic art exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art. The words “HOME GROWN TERROR!” were discovered spray painted below the billboard’s...
