--- title: Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range description: Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range reportedly had a 'Muslim-Free' sign canonical: https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-18T22:27:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:12:25.541Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range After Allegedly Being Asked to Leave og:description: It accuses the gun range of violating the Civil Rights Act og:url: https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range After Allegedly Being Asked to Leave twitter:description: It accuses the gun range of violating the Civil Rights Act twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range After Allegedly Being Asked to Leave by [Chris Fuchs / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Chris Fuchs / NBC News Feb 18, 2016 10:27 PM CUT by [Chris Fuchs / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Chris Fuchs / NBC News Feb 18, 2016 10:27 PM CUT A U.S. Army reservist is suing the owners of a gun shop and range in Oklahoma who allegedly asked him to leave after he told them he was Muslim. The [lawsuit](https://www.scribd.com/doc/299698461/Oklahoma-Gun-Range?secret%5Fpassword=LgumRAPsGIpSAgMMaYDs "undefined"), filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accuses Chad and Nicole Neal of violating the Civil Rights Act and Oklahoma’s anti-discrimination laws for refusing to allow Raja’ee Fatihah to use their gun range last October because of his religion. At the time, the Neals’ business, Save Yourself Survival and Tactical Gun Range in Muskogee County, reportedly [had a sign outside](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/14/oklahoma-gun-store-declares-muslim-free-zone/31708533/ "undefined") saying it was a… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/army-reservist-sues-muslim-free-gun-range-after-alledgedly-being-n520806?cid=par-time%5F20160218 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/"},"headline":"Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range After Allegedly Being Asked to Leave","datePublished":"2016-02-18T22:27:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:12:25.541Z","description":"It accuses the gun range of violating the Civil Rights Act","url":"https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/","keywords":["Crime","Oklahoma","Muslim","Courts","Lawsuit","Civil Rights","Islamophobia"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Fuchs / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4229920/gun-range-anti-muslim-policy/","name":"Army Reservist Sues 'Muslim Free' Gun Range After Allegedly Being Asked to Leave"}}]}] ```