by Josh Dulaney | NewsOK | Nov 22, 2016 | In The News
Parents of a University of Oklahoma student asked whether their daughter would be safe attending classes. One woman wanted to know if she could grocery shop without being assaulted. Others, afraid to be identified as Muslim, inquired about religious law and removing...
by Ben Felder | NewsOK | Nov 17, 2016 | In The News
Leaders in Oklahoma’s Muslim community said Wednesday tensions have risen since last week’s election, but so have signs of support. Members of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the election of Donald Trump as...
by William W. Savage III | NonDoc | Oct 26, 2016 | In The News
When Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) makes radical, bigoted remarks in his official capacity at the Oklahoma State Capitol — as he did this week — many onlookers shake their heads and wonder how Oklahoma politics reached such a point. Fortunately, there are answers....
by Priscilla Galstaun-Khader | Muslims4Liberty | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog
Oklahoma State lawmakers approved Rep. John “Islam-is-a-cancer-in-our-nation-that-needs-to-be-cut-out” Bennett’s proposal for an “Interim study on radical Islam” on July 8 2016, along with 71 other studies, for an estimated $50,000. That’s our tax dollars being used...
by Christopher Mathias | Huffington Post | Aug 24, 2016 | In The News
In a time of rising Islamophobia and anti-Arab hate, a beloved Oklahoma man is gunned down. The Jabara family left Lebanon in 1983, fleeing that country’s brutal civil war, and settled in a quiet neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Things were good. Mounha Jabara and his...
