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...
by Katie Walker | Mar 28, 2012 | Press Release
On March 28, 2012, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) offered mosques and other Muslim institutions a model “Law Enforcement Engagement Policy.” (See below to read the complete policy). The policy comes in the wake of revelations by the American...