by CAIR Oklahoma Staff | Jun 26, 2024 | Blog
Dear CAIR Oklahoma friends and family, The goal of refugee resettlement is always for refugees to, at some point, stop being refugees and be part of the larger community. When we opened our Refugee Services Department in the fall of 2021 to support our 1,800 new...
by Adam Soltani | Jun 25, 2024 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 06/25/2024) – The Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OK) today welcomed the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling against a taxpayer-funded religious public charter school as a win for religious freedom, while denouncing and...
by Adam Soltani | Jun 12, 2024 | Press Release
(OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, 05/12/2024) – On Sunday, June 16, 2024, Oklahoma Muslims plan to mark the beginning of the holiday marking the end of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca, called Hajj, with a United Eid Prayer and Festival in Oklahoma City. The prayers and the holiday...
by Anusha Fathepure | KOSU NPR | May 23, 2024 | In The News
Bystander intervention is a way to diffuse conflict and help people stop harmful behaviors. Oklahoma City’s Human Rights Commission hosted a bystander intervention training with the Council on American Islamic Relations on Wednesday at the Ronald J. Norwick Downtown...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | May 15, 2024 | In The News
One woman wore a Palestinian flag as a wrap and a man wore a scarf featuring the flag’s colors as Oklahoma Muslims were encouraged to advocate not only for themselves, but others around the world during an event on Monday at the Capitol. The “Muslim Day at...
