by Tony Marco | CNN | Jun 24, 2017 | In The News
If you are the victim of a hate crime, what would you do? Who would you call? What are the laws in your city or state that could protect you? Now there’s a mobile app for that. The Council on American-Islamic Relations launched a new civil rights app this week...
by Lorne Fultonberg | KFOR | Mar 8, 2017 | In The News
A two-page questionnaire handed to Muslim students who wanted to meet with a state representative has law professors wondering if the lawmaker followed the Constitution. Rep. John Bennett (R-Sallisaw) left the now-controversial questionnaire behind for people who...
by Dean Obeidallah | The Daily Beast | Mar 7, 2017 | In The News
A Sooner State senator is asking Muslim high-school students, ‘Do you beat your wife?’ Is this a harbinger of what’s to come nationally? The effort to marginalize American Muslims from U.S. politics has hit a new low, thanks to Oklahoma Republican State Sen. John...
by Ralph Ellis and Sheena Jones | CNN | Mar 5, 2017 | In The News
Three Muslim students who wanted to talk with an Oklahoma state legislator about Islam were told to fill out a questionnaire first, said a state leader of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. “Do you beat your wife?” said one question on the form...
by Amy B Wang | Washington Post | Mar 5, 2017 | In The News
Three Muslim students who tried to visit an Oklahoma lawmaker Thursday at the State Capitol in Oklahoma City were surprised when they were instead handed a questionnaire at his office. They would have to fill out the survey first, an office assistant told them, before...
