by News 9 | Oct 2, 2014 | In The News
The Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against a Muslim woman in Tulsa who was denied a job because her head scarf conflicted with the company’s dress code, which the clothing chain has since...
by Staff Report | NewsOK | Feb 16, 2014 | In The News
The “Let’s Talk About It” book discussion series continues at 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Oklahoma City University’s Walker Center, room 151, on Florida Avenue. near NW 26. The discussion will center on “Quiet Revolution” by Leila Ahmed. The book traces the history...
by Robert Boczkiewicz | Tulsa World | Dec 14, 2013 | In The News
DENVER —- Evangelical, Jewish and other diverse religious groups are supporting a court fight for a Muslim woman who was not hired by a Tulsa store because she wore a head scarf. The groups have joined a federal agency in asking the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
by Haley Davis | OU Daily | Apr 2, 2013 | In The News
Self-identified as Muslim by religion, Arab by race and American by culture, an OU alumna cleared misconceptions about Islamic women’s rights at a question and answer session Monday. Malaka Elyazgi is an Islamic woman activist who researches women’s rights, said Ersin...
by Laurie Winslow | Tulsa World | Jan 25, 2013 | In The News
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) on Thursday expressed appreciation to the Oklahoma Bankers Association for clarifying a security policy commonly referred to “no hats,...
