by Carol Kuruvilla | Huffington Post | Jan 8, 2019 | In The News
A Muslim woman from Oklahoma said an attacker pulled her hijab and told her to “go back to [her] country” in an incident that police are now investigating as a potential hate crime. The alleged assault occurred while Jenan Ayesh, from Enid, Oklahoma, was in Dallas...
by Ryan Miller | Enid News & Eagle | Jan 7, 2019 | In The News
DALLAS — An Enid resident and her mother recently were victims of an anti-Muslim attack in Dallas. A woman reportedly told Jenan Ayesh and her mother to go “back to their country” and hit Ayesh Dec. 29, 2018, at Dallas’ Reunion Tower, according to...
by Patrina Adger | KOCO | Jan 5, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY — Jenan Ayesh, while standing with members of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Oklahoma, said Friday that she’s still shaken and upset by what she calls an unprovoked attack. “It was very hard for me to experience this,”...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Jan 5, 2019 | In The News
An Oklahoma woman said she was recently assaulted in Dallas because she wore a head scarf identifying her as Muslim. The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma chapter has asked that the Dallas Police Department investigate the incident as a hate crime. Jenan...
by Lili Zheng | KFOR | Jan 4, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state’s Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling for Dallas authorities to investigate a reported assault against an Oklahoma mother as a hate crime. Jenan Ayesh, 33, lives in Enid and works in Oklahoma City. Ayesh was...
by MaryAnn Martinez | CBS DFW | Jan 1, 2019 | In The News
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A Muslim mother and daughter they were attacked because they were wearing hijabs at a Dallas’ Reunion Tower on Sunday. Renee Ayesh said attacker told them to go back to their country and resulted in her daughter suffering a concussion. “She’s...