by Aamr Hasanjee | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog
As I enter the final year of my undergraduate life, the excitement, pressures, and anticipation of finally jumping into the “real world” are becoming all too real. It seems that all my classmates, Muslim and non-Muslims alike, are equally as eager to break free from...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Jun 4, 2015 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 6/4/15) — Beginning Friday June 12, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 7th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at Oklahoma City University in Oklahoma City. The three-day...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Jun 28, 2014 | In The News
Should government be allowed to determine whether textbooks are censured regarding religious content? Is it legitimate for the FBI or other law enforcement groups to secretly place surveillance equipment in mosques to monitor Muslim congregations? Young adults divided...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Jun 18, 2014 | Press Release
(EDMOND, OK, 6/18/14) – Beginning Friday June 20, the Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) will host its 6th annual Muslim Youth Leadership Symposium (MYLS) at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The MYLS program, which...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Aug 17, 2013 | In The News
Rita Newton was in a quandary as she prepared to host an Oklahoma City interfaith meeting. It was April 1995, a few days after a bomb had torn apart the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Newton, who was executive director of the Oklahoma Conference of Churches at the...