by Associate Press | AP News | Mar 11, 2020 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma civil rights groups said Monday they intend to sue the state if the Legislature passes a bill to prohibit state contracts with companies that boycott Israel. Attorneys with the Oklahoma chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union...
by Barbara Hoberock | Tulsa World | Mar 3, 2020 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY — Muslims celebrated advocacy day on Monday without protesters yelling at them or holding signs in their faces as they entered the state Capitol. It was a situation noted more than once during the Sixth Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol. “Love and peace...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Mar 3, 2020 | In The News
No demonstrators showed up on Monday to protest the sixth annual “Muslim Day at the Capitol.” Instead, Muslim Oklahomans were greeted only by groups of friends with the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma who welcomed them as they walked into the state...
by Darla Sheldon | The City Sentinel | Feb 28, 2020 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – On Monday, March 2, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Oklahoma (CAIR-OK) will host its sixth annual Oklahoma Muslim Day at the Capitol in Oklahoma City. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 200...
by Michelle Charles | Stillwater News Press | Jan 22, 2020 | In The News
Stillwater’s commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was both a celebration of progress made and a reminder of how much work is left to be done. Mayor Will Joyce asked those present to take “vigorous and positive action” and said he hoped the evening would be...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Jan 4, 2020 | In The News
Adam Soltani remembers the anti-Muslim rhetoric that seemed heightened during the 2016 presidential election. Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said his agency has created a new guidebook that was...
