by Don Mecoy | NewsOK | Jan 25, 2013 | In The News
The Oklahoma Bankers Association has adapted its recommended “no hats, no hoods, no sunglasses” security policy in an effort to address religious sensitivities. The Oklahoma Bankers Association has tweaked its recommended “no hats, no hoods, no sunglasses” security...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Jan 24, 2013 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, 1/24/13) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today expressed appreciation to the Oklahoma Bankers Association (OBA) for clarifying a security policy commonly...
by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Nov 9, 2012 | In The News
Communication was cordial Thursday as bankers and Muslims worked together to ensure both bank security and freedom of religious expression. The issue surfaced when a Muslim woman from Kiefer complained to the Oklahoma Council for American-Islamic Relations that the...
by Andrea Eger | Tulsa World | Nov 8, 2012 | In The News
A Muslim civil-liberties organization said a Tulsa bank discriminated against a woman by singling her out for wearing a religiously mandated head scarf, or hijab. The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, is calling on Tulsa’s...
by Brian Browdie | American Banker | Nov 8, 2012 | In The News
An Oklahoma bank’s requirement that branch visitors remove anything covering their faces discriminates against Muslims, a civil liberties group says. The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called Wednesday on Valley National Bank in...