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Libya
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The great cover-up
Credit: Brad Gregg If not, a quickie recap: The ostensible scandal occurred on Sept. 11, 2012, when terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Early public statements by White House officials incorrectly attributed the violence to a protest against an anti-Muslim video. A recent […]
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Examining Islam
Can a case for democracy be made from a religious Muslim perspective? The question is particularly timely given the recent attacks on the Libyan embassy. Mustafa Akyol, a Turkish journalist and columnist, will address the question in a lecture Monday at Oklahoma City University. Akyol, the author of Islam Without Extremes: A Muslim Case for […]
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Reflections of Shadid
Oklahoma City National Memorial The family of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid will accept the 2012 Reflections of Hope Award at a Thursday luncheon, an honor bestowed annually by the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. Shadid, an Oklahoma City native who died of an asthma attack in February while on assignment in […]