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 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 Journal Record Staff | The Journal Record | Nov 3, 2021 | In The News
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Bar Association will honor a number of legal professionals from across the state, including nine from Oklahoma City, when it holds its annual meetings Nov. 10-12. Meetings slated at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City will be...
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,...
by Carla Hinton | The Oklahoman | Sep 23, 2021 | In The News
A group of Afghan refugees have been welcomed to Oklahoma City by Catholic Charities of Oklahoma City and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma chapter, a Catholic Charities leader said Thursday. The first Afghan family was met at Will Rogers World...
