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The American Mosque: Growing and Evolving
I was born in 1983, raised in the shadow of the Iranian hostage crisis by an Iranian Shia Muslim father and a white Catholic American mother – unique circumstances in the Kansas town of my early...
My Time As Government Affairs Intern: Joshua Davis
I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to have spent this spring as a government affairs intern for CAIR throughout the legislative session. The experience was not only rewarding for my...
New Report on U.S. Mosques Shows 31% Increase in Mosque Establishments, Expanded Mosque Budgets
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 6/2/2021) — Today the Oklahoma Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) announced a new report on U.S. mosques that shows a 31 percent increase in the number of...
Oklahoma Imam Left ’emotional’ Over Jewish Teen’s Act of Kindness
An Oklahoma City imam highlighted interfaith unity in his community after a teenage girl, who identified as Jewish, asked him at his mosque to donate her babysitting money to help Palestinians. The...
2021 Legislative Session Wrap Up
It has been a long and eventful 2021 legislative session. Many important bills affecting minorities passed through the legislature on partisan lines. It’s difficult to have fair policy making with a...
Week 16 Legislative Session: The Good, The Bad, and The Budget
Sine Die is this Friday May 28th 5pm. Thursday, the legislature passed a budget appropriating $8.8 billion for Fiscal Year 2022, which starts July 1. Here are some of the highlights of where your...
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