by Andrew Griffin | Red Dirt Report | Aug 21, 2014 | In The News
Despite the blazing summer sun, dozens of concerned citizens, from varying racial backgrounds, took part in the “Hold Your Hands Up, Don’t Shoot! Make Your Vote Count” rally on the north steps of the Oklahoma State Capitol on Thursday. This rally, of course, was in...
by David Arnett | Tulsa Today | Aug 14, 2014 | In The News
As reported by Catholic News Service, on Aug. 12, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue released a statement (which wouldn’t happen without Pope Francis’s knowledge and assent) calling on Muslim leaders to condemn the “barbarity” and “unspeakable criminal...
by Mariah Harnish | Red Dirt Report | Aug 8, 2014 | In The News
With the seventh cease fire between Hamas and Israeli forces showing signs of holding, and peace talks in Egypt on the horizon, an end to the carnage may have come, but not soon enough to break the cycle of violence that generations of Palestinians have lived through....
by Andrew Griffin | Red Dirt Report | Jul 18, 2014 | In The News
Organized in just a few days, a group simply calling itself Oklahomans for Peace in Palestine gathered on the south side of the Oklahoma State Capitol late Friday afternoon as tensions heated up in Israel and Palestine as Israeli forces began their bloody incursion...
by Lacie Lowry | News 9 | Jul 17, 2014 | In The News
Palestinians and Israelis living in Oklahoma are sharing what it is like to watch the deadly fighting back home. The news never sleeps and neither does Imam Imad Enchassi of Oklahoma City’s Islamic Society. “We become news junkies, so to speak,” said said...