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An interfaith prayer vigil for Turkey and Syria earthquake survivors will be Feb. 21 in downtown OKC. A Turkish Food Fair fundraiser will be Feb. 25.

Muslim leaders warned that Carol Hefner's hateful rhetoric would have "a ripple effect" on the local Muslim community.

"It pains Oklahoma Muslims deeply to hear these words in the largest city in our state and a place that Muslims call home."

Hundreds have been injured as unrest continues in Jerusalem after nightly clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters.KOCO 5 spoke with leaders within our local Muslim community reacting to the latest in Jerusalem.The unrest stems from an Israeli Supreme Court decision regarding what some call the possible eviction of Palestinian families from a neighborhood in east Jerusalem that Israel captured in the 1967 war. "The Palestinians are the indigenous people of the land," said Imad Enchassi, the senior imam for the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City.Enchassi, who is Pal...

Dr. Imad Enchassi Guest columnist John Bennett pointed a well-manicured finger at me and called me “a terrorist.” I sat eye-level with him at a House interim study held in a conference room at the state Capitol. The year was 2016, the “study,” funded by the taxpayers of Oklahoma. He then narrowed his gaze to look around the room at the members of the interfaith community sitting in solidarity with me. This included both Rabbi Vered Harris and Dr. William Tabbernee, director of the Oklahoma Conference of Churches, among others of various faiths. Rep. Bennett fumed with accusations that...