Ramadan is considered the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, a month of high spirituality in which Muslim people fast and focus on reflection and growth. But following several hate crimes in Oklahoma City and violence in mosques and other places of worship around the world, some feel a bigger sense of uneasiness than they […]
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A new campaign confronts Islamophobia by introducing Oklahoma Muslims to their neighbors
The campaign includes posters, videos, blog posts and events.
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Letters to the Editor: April 5, 2017
Poll results released Feb. 7 indicate that voters oppose suspending immigration from “terror-prone” regions by a margin of 50 to 44 percent.
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CAIR-OK focuses on building bridges at the state Capitol
The third annual Muslim Day at the Capitol gave participants a chance to speak to their lawmakers about concerns in person.
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Chicken-Fried News: Questionable judgment
An Oklahoma Representative made national news recently for making Muslim students fill out a problematic questionnaire in order to meet with him.
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Local groups react to recent executive orders
Groups continue to promote diversity, unity and progress in the face of the recent political and community climate.
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions for 2017
CFN looks back on 2016 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2017.
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Commentary: Learning from Ahmed Mohamed
Ahmed Mohamed’s arrest shined a light on Islamophobia in Texas, but Oklahoma is not immune.
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Chicken-Fried News: Everybody panic!
Local authorities and media outlets overreacted when an Arab man asked too many questions while enrolling his children in an area school.
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A response to Wesselhoft
He takes offense at the fact that a mosque might be built close to Ground Zero. To me, this says that he believes Islam, and Muslims in general, are to blame for terrorism, rather than blaming the relatively small group of extremists who actually committed the crime. This is like taking offense at Christianity because […]