by Katie Walker | Jan 11, 2024 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/11/2024) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomes the arrest of a suspect in connection to the death of 31-year-old Abdulkadir...
by Katie Walker | Jan 5, 2024 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/5/2024) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today mourns the death of another rideshare driver in Washington. A 31-year-old Somali-American...
by Katie Walker | Sep 5, 2023 | Blog
Community Steps Up to Help Immigrant Justice Project Client Recently, one of CAIR-WA’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) attorneys learned that a client of hers needed extra financial assistance to make his asylum interview in Washington. When our community...
by Nina Shapiro | The Seattle Times | Aug 16, 2023 | Blog, In The News
Imam Farid Sulayman in Seattle sues over mysterious FBI watchlist “The imam believes he’s been put onto a federal government watchlist aimed at identifying known or suspected terrorists attempting to travel into or throughout the U.S. But he’s received no...
by Katie Walker | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog
CAIR-WA’s Immigrant Justice Project (IJP) got its first asylum case approval! Two years ago, the U.S. evacuated troops from Afghanistan. In August 2021, the Taliban took over and many Afghans fled the region. Washington has welcomed many Afghans to our state....
by Katie Walker | Jul 10, 2023 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 7/10/2023) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the public to help identify two individuals caught on video burglarizing the...
by Katie Walker | Apr 4, 2023 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 4/4/2023) The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) praises today’s passing of a resolution that formally recognizes Ramadan in the state of Washington, brought forth by Senator Yasmin Trudeau. The resolution, SR...
by CAIR Washington | Mar 30, 2023 | Blog
In honor of our 20th anniversary and the observance of the holy month of Ramadan, we have compiled a list of a variety of requests that Muslim students or employees can request from their educators or employers. Accommodation examples to request: Flexibility within...
by CAIR Washington | Mar 27, 2023 | Blog
This year’s Muslim Day at the Capitol in Olympia, Washington was the first in-person MDAC to take place since 2020. As Washington state becomes a more diverse community, events such as MDAC are important to have in order to honor and recognize those differences....
by Katie Walker | Feb 22, 2023 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 2/22/2023) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today praised a decision by Seattle City Council to ban caste discrimination. The...
