For the last 12 years, I have served as the executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and,...

Fasting, particularly for a new Muslim, can be a jarring experience. Imagine voluntarily giving up all food and drink — including the...

I remember when I converted to Islam at the tender age of 17 ― a student at Edmond Santa Fe High School surrounded by peers who would...

The year I turned 17, I approached the holy month of Ramadan with both excitement and anxiety as a new Muslim. Although the physical...

“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free …” These words are inscribed upon the base of Lady Liberty,...

“Go back home!” As a proud Oklahoma Muslim, nothing has offended me more than the above, and in the last 20 years, that is saying a lot....

Oklahomans, along with all other Americans, were glued to their televisions in an attempt to make sense of yet another senseless act of...

I recently received a call from a parent in northeast Oklahoma concerned about a History Channel video titled Conspiracy: Oklahoma City...

On Aug. 15, I received an unexpected phone call that delivered some of the best news I have heard in my lifetime. It was a call from...

An anti-Islam movie trailer recently posted to YouTube resulted in unfortunate and inexcusable acts of violence in parts of the Middle...