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CAIR-OK Responds to Oklahoma Lawmaker’s Call to Remove American Mosques

CAIR-OK Responds to Oklahoma Lawmaker’s Call to Remove American Mosques

by Adam Soltani | Aug 18, 2017 | Press Release

(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 8/18/2017) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today issued a statement in response to an Islamophobic social media post by state Rep. John Bennett calling for the removal of American mosques....
Muslim Civil Liberties Group Responds to Oklahoma Lawmakers Call to Remove Mosques

Muslim Civil Liberties Group Responds to Oklahoma Lawmakers Call to Remove Mosques

by Austin Prickett | OKC Fox | Aug 18, 2017 | In The News

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) says they are disappointed by a Oklahoma lawmakers call to remove American mosques. State Rep. John Bennett’s post to Facebook read: “If we’re removing...
Anti-Muslim Oklahoma Legislator Calls For Removal of Mosques

Anti-Muslim Oklahoma Legislator Calls For Removal of Mosques

by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Aug 18, 2017 | In The News

State Rep. John Bennett, who has long attacked the Oklahoma Muslim community, apparently posted on social media that if America is removing Confederate monuments in light of the Civil War, it also should remove mosques because of 9/11. Anna Facci, government affairs...
Trump’s Extreme Vetting in Action: Asking Muslims, ‘Do You Beat Your Wife?’

Trump’s Extreme Vetting in Action: Asking Muslims, ‘Do You Beat Your Wife?’

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...
Muslim Students Asked ‘Do you beat your wife?’ by Oklahoma Lawmaker

Muslim Students Asked ‘Do you beat your wife?’ by Oklahoma Lawmaker

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...
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