(TULSA, OK 09/06/2019) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations Oklahoma Chapter (CAIR-OK) applauds the decision by the Tulsa Police Department in terminating a recent Tulsa Police Academy graduate after discovering the officer had previously posted anti-Muslim,...
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 7/10/2019) – The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today condemned Islamophobic graffiti that appeared on a Tulsa billboard advertisement for a local exhibition of Islamic art. On Wednesday, July 10, an unknown...
Officials are condemning apparent hate vandalism that appeared Wednesday on a billboard advertising an ongoing Islamic art exhibition at the Philbrook Museum of Art. The words “HOME GROWN TERROR!” were discovered spray painted below the billboard’s...
by Angela Singleton, Guest Contributor | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog
While a relatively small but growing number of Muslims in the United States own firearms, members of the Muslim community are disproportionately impacted by gun crime. In particular, gun crime most often impacts men and minorities. The recent rise in hate crime and...
A local Islamic leader is encouraging metro-area Muslims not to be deterred and to continue with their Ramadan activities despite the presence of protesters who appeared at an Oklahoma City mosque Sunday. “My beloved Okie Muslim community: we received confirmed...
