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Complainant with case outside of CAIR-WA’s scope, connected with service providers
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- Published on 03 January 2013
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Christina (name changed for this story to maintain privacy), a woman living in California, contacted CAIR-WA via our online “Report Discrimination” form on November 10, 2012. She reported having experienced many incidents of discrimination which have caused her a lot of problems. At that time in particular she was having difficulties with finding housing and was living in a motel.
FBI ‘outreach’ visit leaves woman perplexed, in tears
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- Published on 04 December 2012
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On Thursday, September 28, 2012 two FBI agents, one male and one female, knocked on the door of a home located in the greater Seattle area. The resident is a US citizen of Afghan descent, who has lived in the U.S. for over 30 years.When she answered the door, the agents flashed their badges, then began asking very personal question without further explanation, eventually bringing the woman to tears. The questions included:
Hate grafitti on Muslim college students’ car, with racial slurs and obscene images
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- Published on 31 October 2012
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On September 4, 2012, a group of eight Muslim men, who are all students at local colleges, rented two cars and drove to Lake Chelan, WA to jet ski on the lake. They parked their cars in the parking lot of the jet ski rental shop and left the car unattended while jet skiing, from 5:30 to 8:00 that evening.
Bomb threat sent to Puget Sound area mosque
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- Published on 01 November 2012
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On Wednesday, September 19, 2012 a mosque in the Puget Sound area received a bomb threat in their email inbox. Its subject line, the e-mail sent by Josh Standlee, a 26-year old man from Mukilteo, WA, read “Peace and Love” and the email itself stated: “Kindly get the f*** out of [city name] before more bombs go off, please.
Local IT executive contacted by FBI agent, assisted by CAIR-WA cooperating attorney
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- Published on 20 December 2012
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On November 23, 2012 a local Muslim – an information technology executive by profession – called CAIR-WA to report that an FBI agent had knocked on his door three days prior while he was away on business. His wife had answered the knock and spoken with the agent, who gave her his business card and asked her to have her husband call when he returns home. The agent did not give many details about the reason for his visit, and only said that he wanted to show pictures to her husband of an event that he was a potential witness to.
