by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Jun 2, 2015 | In The News
Related: Feb. 21: U.S. Supreme Court to hear Muslim woman’s hijab case against Tulsa store Oct. 3, 2014: Tulsa Muslim’s hijab case to be heard by Supreme Court Dec. 14, 2013: Religious coalition protests court ruling over wearing head scarf July 21, 2011:...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Jun 1, 2015 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/1/2015) — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed what it called a “historic” a ruling by the U.S....
by Dave Jamieson | Huffington Post | Jun 1, 2015 | In The News
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on Monday that retailer Abercrombie & Fitch may have violated workplace discrimination law when it turned down a Muslim job applicant because she wore a hijab, even though her religious beliefs never came up in the interview. Samantha...
by Simran Jeet Singh | Washington Post | Jun 1, 2015 | In The News
This opinion piece was written by Simran Jeet Singh, the senior religion fellow for the Sikh Coalition and a PhD candidate at Columbia University. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of Samantha Elauf, an American Muslim woman who wears a hijab and was denied...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Mar 8, 2015 | In The News
Three Oklahoma City-area Muslim women talk about wearing hijabs, the traditional head coverings many Muslim women wear as a symbol of their faith. Buthiana Jwayyed, of Edmond, longs for the day when people take no more notice of the headscarf she wears than if she...
