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On Monday, May 23, 2010, a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf stopped at a Starbucks in Redmond with her daughter. They made their coffee stop brief, and when they returned to their vehicle approximately 10 minutes later,
they found a note on the driver's side of the vehicle, next to the door handle. The note, which was written in English in Arabic, stated, "We don't want Muslims in America." The woman called CAIR-WA the following day, to report the incident because the note had frightened her daughter.
See TV news coverage here:
- KING 5: http://www.nwcn.com/news/washington/Hate-note-left-on-Muslim-womans-car-122542849.html
- KOMO 4: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/122542014.html
- KIRO 7: http://www.kirotv.com/news/28011395/detail.html
- KCPQ 13: http://www.q13fox.com/news/kcpq-redmond-family-finds-hate-note-on-minvan-20110524,0,4638102.story
While the woman admitted that initially, she did not take the note that seriously, she decided to report the incident to the Redmond Police Department and CAIR-WA when her daughter expressed fear that they might be followed home by whoever left the note on their car.
