by Katie Walker | Dec 29, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 12/29/2020) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations¬ (CAIR-WA) and the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) today made public an official copy of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) directive that unlawfully...
by Katie Walker | Dec 18, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 12/18/2020) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA) today called on Alaska Airlines to address an egregious “flying while Muslim” incident in which two Muslim men were removed from a flight this year after...
by Katie Walker | Nov 18, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, NOV. 18, 2020) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington) today welcomed the release of documents showing that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents improperly detained Iranian Americans at the...
by Katie Walker | Oct 13, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, Oct. 13, 2020) – 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 multiple acts of hate in the Bellingham area this...
by CAIR Washington | May 20, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, May 20, 2020) – CAIR Washington today released a video featuring elected officials from across Washington state wishing the Muslim community “Ramadan Mubarak” and acknowledging their contributions during COVID-19. “This has meant a lot to all of...
by CAIR Washington | Apr 21, 2020 | Press Release
(Seattle, WA 4/21/20) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Washington) condemned President Trump’s late-night tweet announcing that he intends to sign an executive order to “temporarily suspend immigration into the...
by CAIR Washington | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
Our COVID-19 Response page from 2020. Community Coalition CAIR Washington is organizing local Muslim-led nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and community and religious leaders around COVID-19 community response efforts, information, strategies, and resources. If...
by CAIR Washington | Feb 12, 2020 | Press Release
Seattle, WA, February 12, 2020 – CAIR Washington filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington today, challenging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) refusal to reveal the directive issued to CBP officers to detain and...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 31, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 01/31/20) – A coalition of local civil rights and advocacy organizations including CAIR Washington, Seattle Indivisible, International Rescue Committee (IRC) Seattle, MAPS-AMEN, OneAmerica, and Oxfam are publicly condemning the Trump administration’s...
by CAIR Washington | Jan 16, 2020 | Press Release
(SEATTLE, WA, 1/16/20) – CAIR Washington and Somali Health Board are partnering to bring over 150 Muslim Washingtonians to the state capitol in Olympia for the annual ” Muslim Day at the Capitol ,” THIS MONDAY, Jan. 20th. In honor of MLK Day, our...
