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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‘Singled out’
Yeah, well, it’s still out there in purgatory, and federal judges hearing the case pondered the constitutional amendment’s legal standing, since it applies to just one religion. The so-called Save Our State ballot question, which drew national media attention, was passed in November, and has been in a courtroom ever since, after an Oklahoma City […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“Nation, recently Oklahoma passed a ballot initiative forbidding the use of Islamic Shariah law. Thank God. It is the only thing keeping Oklahoma’s huge Muslim population from instituting burqa night at the Tulsa Hooters.” —Stephen Colbert on Jan. 25’s “The Colbert Report.” This isn’t the first time Oklahoma’s controversial Shariah ban has found itself parodied […]