by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Apr 4, 2022 | In The News
A local Muslim advocacy group is helping Afghan refugees prepare for their first Ramadan in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations held a three-day Ramadan Clothing Bazaar and encouraged Afghans resettling in Oklahoma City to...
by Brittany Toolis | News 9 | Jan 4, 2022 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – More than 1,000 people who sought refuge from Afghanistan are now calling the Sooner State their home, and that number continues to grow. About 70 more refugees are expected to come to the Oklahoma City metro in the coming days. Refugees from...
by Lionel Ramos | Oklahoma Watch | Nov 8, 2021 | In The News
(Editor’s Note: The university affiliation of Dr. Imad Enchassi, a local imam, has been corrected. Enchassi is a theology professor at Oklahoma City University) Afghan refugees touching down at Will Rogers and Tulsa International airports are arriving scarred. Scarred...
by Erika Lee | News 9 | Sep 30, 2021 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma chapter of CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) is working hard to sort through the bags and bags of clothes and supplies that have been donated to give to the Afghan refugees. CAIR employees and volunteers are currently...
by Michelle Charles | Stillwater News Press | Sep 24, 2021 | In The News
The first group of Afghan refugees to arrive in Oklahoma, a family of seven, flew into Will Rogers World Airport late Wednesday. Most of the people being resettled are part of approximately 200 families that were rescued from the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan,...
