by Lani Habrock, Government Affairs Director | NewsOK | Mar 30, 2019 | In The News
Earlier this week, we at CAIR Oklahoma made the difficult decision to publicly call out hate speech by an Oklahoma county elected official. We did not take this decision lightly. As government affairs director of Oklahoma’s chapter of the Council on American Islamic...
by Kelly Roliard | KFOR News Channel 4 | Mar 27, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CO., Okla. – Critical comments about the Muslim community. Now, local leaders are demand a meeting with the Oklahoma County Assessor. Officials with CAIR say they don’t want County Assessor Larry Stein to lose his job, yet, but they’re tired...
by Zack Budryk | The Hill | Mar 27, 2019 | In The News
An Oklahoma official invoked Martin Luther King Jr. to defend racist and Islamophobic Facebook posts attributed to him, according to KFOR News. In 2014, in reference to unrest in Ferguson, Mo., County Assessor Larry Stein wrote, “There hasn’t been this...
by Erika Stanish | OKC Fox | Mar 18, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) – Interfaith groups in Oklahoma are standing together in solidarity after a terror attack in New Zealand claimed the lives of 49 people. Police have arrested three people, including a 28-year-old self-described “white...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Mar 18, 2019 | In The News
A metro Muslim leader said his faith community won’t cower in fear in the wake of a deadly shooting spree at two New Zealand mosques. “The precautions are always there but this will not scare us,” Imad Enchassi, senior imam of the Islamic Society of...
by William Maetzold | OKC Fox | Mar 17, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — A call for healing at the Islamic Center of Greater Oklahoma City on Sunday. Faith leaders gathered for a prayer vigil to remember victims of an attack at mosques in New Zealand. “An interfaith prayer vigil like this is needed,” the...
