by Steve Long | Red Dirt Report | Oct 2, 2014 | In The News
Another Republican elected official has made some idiotic comments about Muslims. Gee, what a shock. Of course it’s becoming a daily occurence here in the Sooner State. In an interview with News Channel 4, State Rep. Lewis Moore (R-Arcadia) said: “…look at...
by News 9 | Oct 2, 2014 | In The News
The Supreme Court said Thursday it will consider whether retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against a Muslim woman in Tulsa who was denied a job because her head scarf conflicted with the company’s dress code, which the clothing chain has since...
by Arnold Hamilton | Oklahoma Observer | Oct 1, 2014 | In The News
It’s way past time for Oklahoma’s political and business leaders to speak forcefully against the anti-Muslim hate speech state Rep. John Bennett keeps spewing. The mean-spirited, broad-brush demagoguery is fanning suspicion about 35,000 Oklahomans whose faith...
by Tim Farley | Red Dirt Report | Oct 1, 2014 | In The News
Top Islamic faith leaders in Oklahoma City believe their lives are in jeopardy following the beheading of a Vaughan Foods employee last week in Moore. Earlier this week, Imad Enchassi, senior Imam of the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and chairman of Islamic...
by Lacie Lowry | News 9 | Sep 26, 2014 | In The News
Moore Police revealed Friday the man accused of beheading a female coworker at a food distribution plant had recently converted to Islam. The local Muslim community said they are sickened over the tragedy and want to clarify any misrepresentations about their faith....
by Janelle Stecklein | Norman Transcript | Sep 26, 2014 | In The News
The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma (CAIR) said he didn’t know where murder suspect Alton Alexander Nolen learned about Islam. Adam Soltani said he didn’t know if Nolen was a member of an Oklahoma mosque. It’s also not clear...
by CAIR-OK Staff | Sep 24, 2014 | Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/24/14) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), in cooperation with the Fiqh Council of North America, today joined a number of national and local Muslim scholars and leaders at a National Press Club news conference in...
by KGOU | Sep 23, 2014 | In The News
Oklahoma State Rep. John Bennett (R) and Adam Soltani, director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations were interviewed by Huffington Post Live Monday afternoon about Bennett’s comments about the Islam faith. “I stand behind...
by Chris Branch | Huffington Post | Sep 22, 2014 | In The News
Oklahoma state Rep. John Bennett (R) has not shied away from the controversial, anti-Islam comments he’s made both on Facebook and at rallies in the past, and it seems like he won’t anytime soon. Bennett again defended the statements in an interview with...
by Russ Florence | The Tulsa Voice | Sep 22, 2014 | In The News
State Rep. John Bennett’s recent comments about Muslims in Oklahoma are so outlandish, they hardly deserve a retort. Unfortunately, however, there are some who buy into his propaganda, which is unfair—not to mention dangerous—for many law-abiding citizens in Oklahoma....
