by Tristan Davis, Spring 2017 Legal Intern | Mar 21, 2017 | Blog
When I got to St. Luke’s Methodist Church in OKC for the morning sessions, I truly didn’t know what was even going to be talked about or the people I would see. I was blind to the culture I was going to be thrust into, and nothing could have prepared me for just how...
by Laura Eastes | Oklahoma Gazette | Mar 16, 2017 | In The News
Confronting fears of Islam and countering Islamophobia — both by-products of ignorance and negative stereotyping — Oklahoma’s Muslim community entered the “people’s house” for the third annual Muslim Day at the Capitol on March 2, sponsored by the Council on...
by Staff Writer | Guymon Daily Herald | Mar 15, 2017 | In The News
Rep. Cyndi Munson and Rep. George E. Young, Sr., a retired Baptist minister, declared Wednesday that they stand with the Oklahoma Muslim community “against racism and bigotry that tarnish our great state.” Young, D-Oklahoma City, said he was disturbed after a...
by Randy Krehbiel | Tulsa World | Mar 4, 2017 | In The News
State Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, confirmed Friday that three Muslim students visiting his office on Thursday as part of Muslim Day activities were handed tracts that, among other things, asked “Do you beat your wife?” “CANT REFUTE FACTS!”...
by Barbara Hoberock | Tulsa World | Mar 3, 2017 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY — Muslims gathered Thursday at the Oklahoma State Capitol to have their voices heard. Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Muslims have been targeted by hate rhetoric and hate...
