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OU Female Muslim Students Address Incorrect Perceptions Surrounding Hijab, Expressions of Their Religion

OU Female Muslim Students Address Incorrect Perceptions Surrounding Hijab, Expressions of Their Religion

by Mitchell Willetts | OU Daily | Feb 22, 2017 | In The News

For pre-nursing freshman Rand Salous, God is everything. The Quran asks that she be modest, and so, like millions of Muslim women, she wears a hijab. The covering brings her peace, she said, but often others see her and feel pity. “I feel like some people may...
Muslim Community Thanks Library for Using Picture of Muslim Woman to Promote Positive Image of Islam

Muslim Community Thanks Library for Using Picture of Muslim Woman to Promote Positive Image of Islam

by Rachael Revesz | Independent | Aug 31, 2016 | In The News

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has thanked a library chain in Oklahoma for using a picture of a Muslim woman in its advertising following a resident’s complaint that the library was “promoting Islam” with taxpayers’ money. CAIR has...
Norman Man Objects to Hijab-Wearing Woman’s Image on Pioneer Library Vehicle

Norman Man Objects to Hijab-Wearing Woman’s Image on Pioneer Library Vehicle

by Carla Hinton | NewsOK.com | Aug 30, 2016 | In The News

An image used as part of a Pioneer Library System promotional campaign has come under fire from a Norman man who says it promotes the religion of Islam. Chad Grensky said he recently voiced his concerns to a leader with the Norman-based library system after seeing an...
Question, Answer Session Clears Misconceptions About Women’s Rights in Islam

Question, Answer Session Clears Misconceptions About Women’s Rights in Islam

by Haley Davis | OU Daily | Apr 2, 2013 | In The News

Self-identified as Muslim by religion, Arab by race and American by culture, an OU alumna cleared misconceptions about Islamic women’s rights at a question and answer session Monday. Malaka Elyazgi is an Islamic woman activist who researches women’s rights, said Ersin...

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