by Adam Soltani | Jun 28, 2021 | In The News
Note: CAIR-OK Director Adam Soltani was among the honorees. Read below for details in video clip and excerpt from article in The Journal Record. OKLAHOMA CITY – The Journal Record celebrated the 12th class of Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs & Financial Stewardship...
by Adam Soltani | Good Faith Media | Jun 17, 2021 | In The News
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 childhood. For much of my life, as an adolescent and a young adult, I...
by Rima Abdelkader | NBC News | Jun 1, 2021 | In The News
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 imam, Imad Enchassi, said he was working outside his mosque last week...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | May 12, 2021 | In The News
The Asian-American Women’s Task Force will host three virtual panel discussions on several hot-button topics, beginning Thursday. Cindy Nguyen, the task force’s leader, said the group will commemorate Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month in...
by Perris Jones | KOCO News 5 | Apr 13, 2021 | In The News
Oklahoma Democratic leaders and some in the Muslim community have called out the Oklahoma GOP after former state lawmaker John Bennett was elected as chairman. Bennett has faced backlash from negative comments directed toward Muslims made in recent years. “Who you...
by Matt Trotter | Public Radio Tulsa | Apr 13, 2021 | In The News
The Oklahoma Democratic Party and state chapter of a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group strongly disapprove of the Oklahoma Republican Party’s new leader. Former state representative John Bennett was elected state GOP chair this weekend. As a lawmaker, he referred...
