by Adam Soltani | Oct 25, 2016 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 10/25/2016) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today responded to comments made during an Islamophobic hearing for Interim Study H16-029, “Radical Islam, Sharia Law, the Muslim Brotherhood and...
by Aliyah Frumin and Amanda Sakuma | NBC News | Sep 11, 2016 | In The News
Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia is on the rise in America. Anti-Muslim hate crimes are approximately five times more frequent than they were before 2001, according to the FBI. The past year has been particularly brutal, especially in the aftermath...
by Lydia O'Connor | Huffington Post | Sep 11, 2016 | In The News
Muslims experienced very different treatment in America 15 years ago. “There was a sense of intrigue; it was something different,” said Adam Soltani, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma chapter, of how others viewed...
by Abhinandan Nath | OU Daily | Sep 2, 2016 | In The News
The public relations director of the OU Muslim Student Association said she was shocked by a Norman resident’s belief that a public library-owned van promotes Islamic imagery. Sana Sandhu said Norman resident Chad Grensky’s comments, while hurtful, allowed the...
by Rachael Revesz | Independent | Aug 31, 2016 | In The News
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has thanked a library chain in Oklahoma for using a picture of a Muslim woman in its advertising following a resident’s complaint that the library was “promoting Islam” with taxpayers’ money. CAIR has...
