by Veronica Laizure | Tulsa World | Nov 10, 2018 | In The News
A Palestinian-American woman, a Somali-American hijabi, an openly gay Coloradan, a 29-year-old Puerto-Rican and Bronx native and a lesbian member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Kansas all walk into a voting booth. It sounds like either the cast of a millennial sitcom or a...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK.com | Oct 13, 2018 | In The News
EDMOND — A project to expand an Islamic mosque complex near the University of Central Oklahoma has been completed. Construction of the Islamic Society of Edmond’s new fellowship hall took about two years, said Riaz Ahmad, one of the Islamic Society’s...
by Veronica Laizure, CAIR-OK Civil Rights Director | Oklahoma Gazette | Aug 31, 2018 | In The News
On Aug. 11, 2017, hundreds of protestors representing various neo-Nazi, white nationalist, neo-Confederate and alt-right groups descended on the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. Carrying torches and shouting slogans like “Jews will not replace us!” and “Our blood,...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Jun 9, 2018 | In The News
A Muslim group is spending the Islamic holy month of fasting by immersing themselves in a project that provides food for the less fortunate. Through the “Meals by Muslims” Ramadan outreach, members of Oklahoma Muslim Women for Humanity and other volunteers...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | May 26, 2018 | In The News
Oklahoma Muslims recently shared insights about an important time of the year for their faith tradition. “Revealing Ramadan” was hosted by the Islamic Society in partnership with the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma. The event, held Tuesday...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | May 26, 2018 | In The News
Zoya Sattari remembers managing her Ramadan fast while she continued to compete on her high school swim team. The Oklahoma City metro woman is now a student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She recalled how understanding her coaches were as she...
