by Veronica Laizure | Tulsa World | May 14, 2016 | In The News
Last week, anti-Muslim hate rhetoric claimed another victim when a man allegedly walked into a Pittsburg County gas station and stabbed the clerk in the back and neck, calling him a “terrorist.” The clerk, reportedly of Bangladeshi heritage, was taken to a Tulsa...
by Michaela Flonard | TU Collegian | Feb 29, 2016 | In The News
Last week, U.S. Army reservist Raja’ee Fatihah visited the the Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range in Oktaha, OK. This range recently made news for its “No Muslims” sign. Fatihah, a Muslim and member of Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic...
by Raja'ee Fatihah | Huffington Post | Feb 19, 2016 | In The News
When I joined the service five years ago, I did so knowing that I am blessed to be born in America. As Americans, we are afforded an amount of physical, economic, and political stability that seems a rarity in today’s world. Surely, as a Muslim American, all it takes...
by Libby Nelson | Vox | Feb 19, 2016 | In The News
The man who walked into an Oklahoma gun range was a former officer with a campus police department, and an Army reservist. But once he mentioned to the gun range owners he was Muslim, Raja’ee Fatihah was accused of waging jihad and planning murder, then asked to...
by Lance West | KFOR | Feb 18, 2016 | In The News
Raja’ee Fatihah is a native Oklahoman and a member of the Army Reserve. Last October, he went to a Muskogee-area gun range to work on his marksmanship. Things quickly took a turn when Fatihah identified himself as Muslim. According to a lawsuit filed by the ACLU...