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CAIR-WA Raises Alarm Over Most Recent Racist, Islamophobic Incident at UW Seattle
(SEATTLE, WA, 3/25/2024) - 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 University of Washington to speak out against a piece of hate mail sent to...
CAIR-WA, La Resistencia call for immediate Ramadan accommodations at NWDC
(SEATTLE, WA, 3/22/2024) - The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), today called on the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) to immediately make necessary changes to ensure that Muslim people detained at NWDC can receive proper...
CAIR-WA Highlights Concerns over Hijab Attack in U District
(Seattle, WA, 2/15/2024) — The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, welcomes a hate crime investigation into a recent attack in Seattle. According to the...
CAIR-WA Welcomes Arrest of Suspect in Rideshare Driver Killing
(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...
CAIR-WA Calls for Justice after Killing of Rideshare Driver in Edmonds, WA
(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...
CAIR-WA Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Suspects After Burglary at Federal Way Mosque
(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...
CAIR-WA Praises Washington State Senate Ramadan Resolution
(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...
CAIR-WA Praises City of Seattle for Banning Caste Discrimination
(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...
CAIR-WA Condemns Anti-Asian Stabbing in University District
(SEATTLE, WA, 2/10/2023) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an allegedly racially-motivated stabbing targeting an Asian-American man on...
CAIR-WA Files ‘Flying While Muslim’ Lawsuit Against Alaska Airlines
Two Black Muslim men were kicked off their flight after Alaska Airlines responded in a discriminatory and deeply distressing manner to the complaint of a fellow passenger (SEATTLE, WA, 8/2/2022) - The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic...
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