by Staff Reports | NewsOK | Apr 4, 2018 | In The News
An Oklahoma City man has been arrested and accused of threatening to blow up a local mosque. Larry Dewayne Hornsby, 54, was charged Monday in Oklahoma County District Court with a felony count of making a threat. He has been jailed on $20,000 bail. “Given the...
by Adam Soltani | Jul 17, 2017 | Blog
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released an update on anti-Muslim incidents in the second quarter (April-June) of 2017. CAIR’s quarterly report indicates that the...
by Tony Marco | CNN | Jun 24, 2017 | In The News
If you are the victim of a hate crime, what would you do? Who would you call? What are the laws in your city or state that could protect you? Now there’s a mobile app for that. The Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a new civil rights app this week...
by Kelly Roliard | ABC News 7 | Dec 10, 2016 | In The News
LAWTON, OK (KSWO) -Local church leaders across the city met on Saturday to show support for the Muslim community in Lawton. This is after the pig-dumping hate crime incident outside the Islamic Center in Lawton earlier this week As we told you Thursday, surveillance...
by Rhiannon Poolaw | KSWO | Dec 9, 2016 | In The News
LAWTON, OK (KSWO)- We’re following new developments tonight in that pig dumping incident outside the Islamic Center in Lawton. The Oklahoma Chapter of the council on American-Islamic Relations–or CAIR- is now calling on the FBI to investigate what...