by Katie Walker | Aug 7, 2025 | Press Release
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Washington state chapter (CAIR-WA) today called on Microsoft to deny Israel the use of its servers to store data reportedly used to carry out its genocide in Gaza. The Guardian reports: “Revealed here for the...
by CAIR Washington | Aug 4, 2025 | Blog
Remember how the agency that oversees Washington public schools put out a problematic document about Islamophobia last year? With CAIR-WA’s input, they finally re-issued a fully updated version. Why it matters: This is an example of how we achieve structural...
by CAIR Washington | Jul 15, 2025 | Press Release
(Seattle, WA – 7/15/2025) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today condemned the decision by more than a dozen senators, including Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, to meet with wanted war criminal Israeli Prime...
by Katie Walker | Jul 8, 2025 | Blog
During these difficult times, we wanted to share a few bright spots from our immigration team. Citizenship A client originally from Afghanistan had previously been denied citizenship due to difficulty with the civics portion of her citizenship exam. Our legal team was...
by Katie Walker | Jul 8, 2025 | Blog
The 2025 Washington State legislative session lasted105 days from January 13 to April 27. Our priorities were the following: 1. Protect Our Communities Our ask for legislators: We ask that you protect our fundamental constitutional rights to free speech and assembly...
by Katie Walker | Jun 18, 2025 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 6/18/2025)— 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 condemned the Bellevue School District’s decision to cancel the debut...
by Katie Walker | Jun 12, 2025 | Press Release
Civil rights group also expresses concern over reported harassment of Muslim women in an Edmonds park (SEATTLE, WA, 6/12/2025) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights...
by Katie Walker | Jun 10, 2025 | Press Release
SeaTac, WA – Today, immigrant, labor, community, and elected leaders came together to speak out against the Trump Administration’s racist travel ban. The ban, which went into effect on June 9th, fully restricts and limits the entry of nationals from 12 countries...
by Katie Walker | Jun 5, 2025 | Press Release
(6/5/2025, Seattle, WA)— The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today joined CAIR National in strongly condemning President Trump’s newly expanded travel ban, which targets 19 predominantly Muslim and African countries and...
by Katie Walker | Jun 4, 2025 | Blog
May 23, 2025—CAIR-WA staffers Faiza (Deputy Legal Director) and Sabrene (Community Legal Advocate) just got back from helping a CAIR Washington client who had immigration officers show up to his house. An Afghan brother who is here on parole and seeking asylum got a...
