by Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Adam Kemp | PBS News Hour | Feb 3, 2022 | In The News
Every week since September, volunteers have gathered at the Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City at all hours of the day. An average of 50 new Afghan evacuees have landed each week — sometimes a hundred or more. There are no “welcome home” signs, flowers or...
by Erika Lee | News on 6 | Nov 9, 2021 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – CAIR Oklahoma and Catholic Charities have been busy resettling hundreds of Afghan refugees. However, the state has only received one-fifth of the 1,800 expected so far, CAIR Oklahoma said. There are still about 750 refugees still to come. CAIR...
by Veronica Laizure | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
On August 1, 2016, The Secretary of Homeland Security announced that Syria has been redesignated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation from Oct. 1, 2016, through March 31, 2018. This will allow eligible Syrian nationals, or...
by Carla Hinton | NewsOK | Dec 5, 2015 | In The News
Several local Muslim leaders recently held a meeting with Muslim high school students, and the Paris terrorist attacks quickly became a topic of conversation. Adam Soltani, executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said...
by Tim Farley | Red Dirt Report | Nov 25, 2015 | In The News
Young people recognize need to help those fleeing war-torn countries, CAIR OK executive says NORMAN, Okla. – Dozens of University of Oklahoma students are supporting a movement to bring Syrian refugees into the state despite protests from the governor and conservative...
