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Local Civil Rights Organization Struggles to Get Afghans Aboard Flights as Violence Escalates, Deadline Looms (SEATTLE, WA, 8/25/21) — CAIR Washington, the Washington state Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is joining humanitarian and civil...

Afghans Unable To Reach Flights As Taliban Takes Over and U.S. Does Little To Help (SEATTLE, WA, 8/20/21) — CAIR Washington, the Washington state Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is working with a group of local immigration advocates,...

(SEATTLE, WA, 6/14/21) — CAIR Washington, the Washington state Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), today joined more than 75 Washington state organizations in calling for justice for Palestine in a full-page ad published in The Seattle Times....

(SEATTLE, WA, 4/28/2021) – CAIR Washington takes any allegations of misconduct or harassment seriously and calls for them to be investigated thoroughly. It is essential to stand with women who are fighting to feel safe, respected, and on equal footing no matter their...

(SEATTLE, WA, 4/2/21) –The Washington State Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR Washington) today published its updated Educator's Guide to Islamic Religious Practices and emailed its Ramadan Accommodations Letter to Educators to Washington...

(SEATTLE, WA, 2/17/21) –The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington) today joined a coalition of more than 40 organizations calling on President Biden to take executive action imposing a federal moratorium on the use of...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(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...