by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | Aug 18, 2017 | In The News
State Rep. John Bennett, who has long attacked the Oklahoma Muslim community, apparently posted on social media that if America is removing Confederate monuments in light of the Civil War, it also should remove mosques because of 9/11. Anna Facci, government affairs...
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...
