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...
by Adam Troxtell | Norman Transcript | May 17, 2018 | In The News
The next four weeks are some of the most important on the calendar for Norman’s Muslim community. Ramadan, which began overnight, is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar during which “Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from before...
by Matt Trotter | Public Radio Tulsa | May 16, 2018 | In The News
The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office faces a religious discrimination lawsuit on behalf of a Muslim woman. When Suha Elqutt went to the courthouse last month to finalize a divorce from her abusive husband, she set off the metal detector. While she removed her earrings...
