by CAIR Washington | Jan 23, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/23/19) — On Tuesday, January 29, the Council on American-Islamic Relations – Washington (CAIR-WA) will partner with the newly formed non-profit organization Washington Immigration Defense Network (WIDEN) to offer immigration law training...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 22, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA 1/22/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations – Washington (CAIR-WA), just launched “Everyday Muslims” – a “Humans of New York”-style social media series showcasing the diverse stories of Muslims in Washington State. The series, which features...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 19, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/14/19) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations– Washington (CAIR-WA) will partner with interfaith youth non-profit, Kids4Peace , to offer a youth-oriented “Bystander Intervention Training” this Sunday, January 20, in honor of MLK Day. The...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 15, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/15/19) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations – Washington (CAIR-WA) today applauded a federal judge’s decision to stop the Trump administration from questioning residents about their citizenship status as part of the 2020 census....
by CAIR Washington | Jan 7, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 01/7/19) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations — Washington (CAIR-WA) , reported that Amazon.com has removed bath and floor mats featuring Quranic verses and Islamic text being sold on their site after receiving numerous complaints from...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 5, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/5/20) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR Washington (CAIR-WA) is assisting more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans of all ages who were detained at length and questioned at the Peace Arch Border...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 3, 2019 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 01/03/19) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations — Washington (CAIR-WA) has received numerous complaints regarding offensive bath mats currently for sale on Amazon.com These bathmats include Quranic verses, the name of the prophet, and...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 15, 2013 | Blog
Read the whole report here: 2012 Seattle Times Report Executive Summary The American public’s opinion of Islam has worsened significantly since 2005 and FBI statistics show that anti-Muslim hate crimes still remain at high levels, making it more important now than...
by CAIR Washington | Oct 15, 2012 | Blog
On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 a mosque in the Puget Sound area received a bomb threat in their email inbox. Its subject line, the e-mail sent by Josh Standlee, a 26-year old man from Mukilteo, WA, read “Peace and Love” and the email itself stated: “Kindly get the...
by CAIR Washington | Oct 15, 2012 | Blog
On September 24, 2012, a Muslim man living in rental housing was informed that on Sept. 27, there would be a canine bed bug inspection of all apartments in his building.Not wanting to contaminate his home with dog saliva, the man immediately called his resident...
