by James Coburn | Edmond Sun | Dec 10, 2013 | In The News
Inadequate parking for a growing mosque led the City Council to deny a site plan request for an addition to be added to the existing structure. The vote was 4-0 with Councilwoman Elizabeth Waner abstaining. Prayer is given in the existing 680-square-foot building at...
by Jonathan Sutton | NewsOK | May 14, 2013 | In The News
The Edmond City Council has rescheduled the vote for May 28 The city council’s vote on a proposed Islamic activity center has been delayed until the end of the month. Members of the Islamic Society of Edmond asked that Monday’s agenda item be continued...
by Diana Baldwin | NewsOK | May 9, 2013 | In The News
A request to investigate Islamic Society of Edmond ties to other groups was turned down by planning commissioners. The society wants to build an activity building next to the mosque that has been in the city since 1990. EDMOND — Planning commissioners turned down an...
by Carla Hinton, & Juliana Keeping | NewsOK | Apr 28, 2013 | In The News
Vandals spray-painted a profane message on an Oklahoma City mosque early Saturday, and the FBI is investigating it as a potential hate crime and raising questions about whether the incident was a backlash because of the Boston Marathon bombings. FBI spokesman Rick...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Apr 27, 2013 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 4/27/13) — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a second incident of vandalism targeting a mosque in that state to determine...
