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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Capitol CAIR
The Oklahoma chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has seen its annual Muslim Day at the Capitol event grow exponentially since 2015. What started as a somewhat basic introduction to the Capitol has grown into a full-blown day of action and advocacy. Lani Habrock, CAIR government affairs director, said the group began the event […]
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Letters to the Editor: June 7, 2017
Refugee reality Since around 2001, the word Muslim has had a very negative connotation. Since around 2001, fear and ignorance have ensured that the words terrorist and Muslim are as synonymous as freedom and America. This is an unfortunate stereotype that must be broken. It’s time we look beyond our painful past and focus on […]
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Serving peace: Raindrop Foundation hosts Ramadan dinner to promote understanding and harmony
“Most people may not know that, besides fasting, Ramadan is a month of sharing and generosity. It is our obligation,” Akkus said.
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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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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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Many of the speeches given at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., were vulgar, “nasty” and, many times, screeching.
Many of the speeches given at the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., were vulgar, “nasty” and, many times, screeching.
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Commentary: Unapologetically American Muslim
The challenge we now face as a country is that we have a president who is making every attempt to turn the strength of our diversity into our weakness.
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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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Chicken-Fried News: Economic hate
Members of Oklahoma City and Tulsa chambers of commerce are worried Oklahoma legislators focus too much on social issues.