by Katie Walker | Jan 8, 2025 | Blog
The overarching goal of CAIR Washington’s 2025 Legislative Agenda is to protect our communities. Priority 1: Fight Anti-Muslim Hate Policy asks: Support Senate Bill 5106 and House Bill 1434, which would make the first day of Eid al-Fitr and the first day of Eid...
by Katie Walker | Dec 30, 2024 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 12/30/2024) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on law enforcement to investigate vandalism at the Islamic...
by Katie Walker | Dec 4, 2024 | Blog
As we prepare for the incoming Trump administration, we are looking ahead to possible immigration policy changes. What are these potential changes? Possible changes may include the following. Making some kinds of family immigration more difficult Making asylum more...
by Nimra Ahmad | South Seattle Emerald | Nov 27, 2024 | In The News, WA Muslim Survey
Muslim communities have had a tough year. Many are personally and spiritually invested in the Israeli-Palestine conflict, which had a resurgence on Oct. 7, 2023. As President-elect Donald Trump readies for his return to the Oval Office, bitter memories of his first...
by Katie Walker | Oct 27, 2024 | Press Release
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/27/2024) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and its Washington state chapter (CAIR-WA) today called on Microsoft to rehire and apologize to two employees...
