by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Nov 9, 2012 | In The News
McAlester native Saddiq Long was once again prevented from boarding a flight from the Middle East to America on Wednesday. An American Muslim attempting to return to the U.S. was once again prevented from boarding a flight out of the Middle East on Wednesday....
by CAIR-OK Staff | Nov 8, 2012 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 11/8/12) –- The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today said that a Muslim citizen currently stranded overseas apparently because he has been placed on the government’s no-fly list was again barred from a...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Nov 6, 2012 | In The News
An Oklahoma Muslim civil rights group is trying to help an Oklahoma native return from the Middle East to visit his terminally ill mother. Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Monday his...
by RT | Nov 5, 2012 | In The News
A Muslim-American male who grew up in the United States says he’s barred from traveling home to visit his sickly mother because he’s been placed on a federal no-fly list, even after serving 10 years in US Air Force. Saadiq Long, 43, wants to travel to his hometown in...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Nov 1, 2012 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 11/1/12) – On Monday, November 5, the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will hold a news conference in Oklahoma City to call for the return to the United States of a Muslim citizen currently stranded...