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...
by Payton Yager | KFOR | Mar 17, 2019 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – Several groups gathered at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City to show support for the victims and their families targeted in a deadly terrorist attack in New Zealand. On Friday, a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New...
by Darla Shelden | The City Sentinel | Mar 16, 2019 | In The News
Faith leaders in Oklahoma City addressed the atrocity in New Zealand on Friday (March 15). Speakers at the gathering said they were horrified at events in Christchurch, New Zealand, where two mosques were attacked within an hour’s time, in coordinated assaults. In...
