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Video by Ilea Shutler. Produced by David Fritze.

“Conversations” is a series of video interviews with Oklahomans about subjects that relate to some of the state’s important issues. The 2016-2017 series is sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation and is made possible by a grant from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Imad Enchassi, an imam who founded the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, grew up in Palestinian refugee camps in war-torn Lebanon and ended up in the heart of the Bible Belt.

He talks about treatment of Muslims in a Christian-dominant society, his boyhood memories of a nun and the good will that arose out of the evil of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Bonus Video: Assimilation and Identity for Muslims

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Imam Imad Enchassi: Muslims in the Bible Belt

by Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma Watch
January 30, 2017

<h1>Imam Imad Enchassi: Muslims in the Bible Belt</h1> <p class="byline">by Oklahoma Watch, Oklahoma Watch <br />January 30, 2017</p> <br /> <figure></figure> <p> <em>Video by Ilea Shutler. Produced by David Fritze.</em></p> <p><em>“Conversations” is a series of video interviews with Oklahomans about subjects that relate to some of the state’s important issues. The 2016-2017 series is sponsored by the Chickasaw Nation and is made possible by a grant from the Institute for Nonprofit News.</em></p> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img src="http://oklahomawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Chickasaw-Logo-white-background-336x184.jpg" alt="Chickasaw Logo - for white background" class="wp-image-103995" height="184" width="336" /></figure> </div> <hr class="wp-block-separator" /> <p>Imad Enchassi, an imam who founded the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City, grew up in Palestinian refugee camps in war-torn Lebanon and ended up in the heart of the Bible Belt.</p> <p>He talks about treatment of Muslims in a Christian-dominant society, his boyhood memories of a nun and the good will that arose out of the evil of the Oklahoma City bombing.</p> <p><strong>Bonus Video: Assimilation and Identity for Muslims</strong></p> <figure></figure> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter is-resized"><img src="http://oklahomawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/inn_main_logo-336x78.png" alt="INN Institute for Nonprofit News logo" class="wp-image-64240" height="78" width="336" /></figure> </div> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://oklahomawatch.org/2017/01/30/imam-imad-enchassi-muslims-in-the-bible-belt/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://oklahomawatch.org">Oklahoma Watch</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/oklahomawatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/okwatch-icon.png?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://oklahomawatch.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=145429&amp;ga3=UA-41441228-1&amp;ga4=G-6G6K9FYSH8" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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