by Dean Obeidallah | The Daily Beast | Mar 7, 2017 | In The News
A Sooner State senator is asking Muslim high-school students, ‘Do you beat your wife?’ Is this a harbinger of what’s to come nationally? The effort to marginalize American Muslims from U.S. politics has hit a new low, thanks to Oklahoma Republican State Sen. John...
by Alex Dobuzinskis | Reuters | Mar 5, 2017 | In The News
Muslim students visiting an Oklahoma lawmaker’s office in the state capitol were required to fill out a form that asked if they beat their wives and other questions that offended them, an Islamic advocacy group said. The two-page form from Republican state...
by Justin Jouzapavicius | Associated Press | Mar 5, 2017 | In The News
TULSA, Okla. — An Oklahoma lawmaker who once likened Islam to cancer required Muslims to answer several written questions — including, “Do you beat your wife?” — before agreeing to meet with them. Republican state Rep. John Bennett’s office...
by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Jan 7, 2017 | In The News
Update: The superintendent of the Dewey Public Schools district issued a statement Saturday distancing the district from the views of a high school teacher whose inflammatory Facebook comments spread across the internet late Thursday. “Please understand that the...
by Austin Prickett | OKC Fox 25 | Jan 6, 2017 | In The News
DEWEY, Okla. (KOKH) — An Oklahoma teacher is accused of taking to social media and urging support for Donald Trump so that Muslims can be “butchered.” The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a release Friday urging...
