A terrorist is a terrorist is a terrorist, regardless of religion. In the past six months, I have witnessed the Umpqua Community College massacre in Oregon, the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church murders in downtown Charleston, the Colorado Springs abortion...
People from around the area gathered at the Fellowship Congregational United Church of Christ Sunday to take part in a photo shoot supporting a global peace campaign. The Islamic Society of Tulsa started the viral campaign called, “The Peace Project” last...
Slideshow: Understanding more about Muslims in Oklahoma Related story: Tulsa Muslims launch social media project to offset negative publicity Several dozen Tulsans carrying signs of support greeted worshippers coming out of the Al-Salam mosque after Friday afternoon...
Gunshots fired into a mosque in Connecticut. Armed men protesting the “Islamization of America” outside Islamic centers in Texas. Death threats called in to mosques in Florida, Maryland and Virginia. Anecdotal evidence suggests 2015, a year bookended by...
This afternoon folks from all across the Metro gathered outside the Cair Oklahoma Center to provide a sign of peace, with a simple message; Hate Free OKC. As over 1,200 Muslim men and women left the Cair center after a time of prayer they were greeted at every exit by...
Islamic State-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernadino, California, and a proposal by presidential hopeful Donald Trump to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, have Oklahoma Muslims on edge. Trump’s proposal Monday to halt Muslim travel to the...
Donald Trump on Monday called for blocking all Muslims from entering the U.S. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,”...
Comments by Donald Trump are once again making waves. The Republican presidential candidate’s campaign sent out a statement Monday, calling for “a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives...
As the president wrapped up his speech Sunday night, several opinions followed suit, including some here in Tulsa. President Obama’s speech definitely started up several conversations. 2 Works For You hung out at the “R” Bar earlier in Brookside,...
Several local Muslim leaders recently held a meeting with Muslim high school students, and the Paris terrorist attacks quickly became a topic of conversation. Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said...
