by Bill Sherman | Tulsa World | May 8, 2014 | In The News
A state Muslim organization Wednesday morning called for the swift apprehension of a man in an alleged attack on a Pakistani limousine driver in Oklahoma City. Badar Aslam, the victim of the alleged attack, said that on April 29 he picked up a couple in Norman and...
by Andrew Griffin | Red Dirt Report | May 7, 2014 | In The News
When long-time limousine driver Badar “Tony” Aslam, 58, picked up a couple from a hotel in Norman to drive them in luxury to an Oklahoma City Thunder/Memphis Grizzlies basketball game at Chesapeake Arena, he had no idea the experience would end with a hate crime and...
by Bill O'Brien | Red Dirt Report | May 6, 2014 | In The News
Syed Raza is a senior at Mercy Islamic School in Oklahoma City. He is 16-years old. He will be enrolling at the University of Oklahoma this fall, and he has already attained at least 36 hours of college credit due to the advanced placement classes that he has taken...
by Andrew Griffin | Red Dirt Report | May 5, 2014 | In The News
Several weeks after anti-Muslim leaflets began appearing around town, left by someone called “Miss Information,” Red Dirt Report is still no closer to finding out who is behind this campaign of, well, misinformation and outright Islamophobia. So, on a recent...
by CAIR-OK Staff | May 1, 2014 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 5/01/2014) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today called on Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to clarify comments on Islam he made on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday. In those remarks, Inhofe...
by Randy Krehbiel | Tulsa World | May 1, 2014 | In The News
Related story: Inhofe says Oklahomans believe Obama promotes Islam OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations asked Sen. Jim Inhofe to clarify comments he made Wednesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Near the end of a...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Apr 28, 2014 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 04/28/2014) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) applauds the District Attorney’s refiling of hate crime charges against Stuart D. Manning in regards to his verbal and physical attacks against a woman he...
by Bill Braun | Tulsa World | Apr 28, 2014 | In The News
Tulsa County prosecutors have refiled a state hate-crime case that was dismissed two months ago pending a potential federal prosecution that hasn’t developed. With a decision reached that federal authorities were not going to take the case, the Tulsa County...
by Andrew Griffin | Red Dirt Report | Apr 17, 2014 | In The News
Is a local group called “The Pledge Project,” led by a woman named “Miss Information,” spreading hate literature and, ironically enough, misinformation regarding various aspects of Islam? It would seem to be the case, and this news website has already been targeted by...
by Adam Soltani | Oklahoma Gazette | Apr 16, 2014 | In The News
It was one year ago that tragedy struck Boston as innocent lives were lost and others injured during the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombing. Oklahomans, along with all other Americans, were glued to their televisions in an attempt to make sense of yet another...
