(Oklahoman) No demonstrators showed up on Monday to protest the sixth annual “Muslim Day at the Capitol.”
Instead, Muslim Oklahomans were greeted only by groups of friends with the Interfaith Alliance of Oklahoma who welcomed them as they walked into the state Capitol.
The absence of detractors was applauded more than once and became a central theme throughout much of the daylong program that drew about 200 people.
“We have been coming to this building for six years in a row and for the first year ever, we have no haters outside,” Veronica Laizure, civil rights director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma chapter, told the crowd.
