by Carla Hinton | NewsOK.com | Oct 13, 2018 | In The News
EDMOND — A project to expand an Islamic mosque complex near the University of Central Oklahoma has been completed. Construction of the Islamic Society of Edmond’s new fellowship hall took about two years, said Riaz Ahmad, one of the Islamic Society’s...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Aug 28, 2015 | In The News
The Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma, along with several other religious and anti-bias organizations, is urging Gov. Mary Fallin and the Legislature to remove a controversial Ten Commandments monument from the state Capitol grounds. Dr. Carl Rubenstein, a retired...
by Stephen Carter | Tulsa World | Jun 11, 2015 | In The News
The recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of Samantha Elauf, a Muslim rejected for employment because of her hijab, has excited boundless praise. The New York Times editorial board called the outcome”a good reminder for employers that the best...
by Dave Jamieson | Huffington Post | Jun 1, 2015 | In The News
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 on Monday that retailer Abercrombie & Fitch may have violated workplace discrimination law when it turned down a Muslim job applicant because she wore a hijab, even though her religious beliefs never came up in the interview. Samantha...
by Clay Farris Naff | Huffington Post | Mar 12, 2015 | In The News
A preacher of the Gospel, a priest, and a rabbi. Sounds like front end of a bad joke, right? But that’s the full list of religious officials deemed competent to perform marriages under HB1125, the bill that Oklahoma’s House just passed in an attempt to...