Police Departments Cancel Security Webinar Over Charges of Anti-Muslim Bias

In Washington state, objection to alleged anti-Muslim bias of one of the sponsoring groups has led to cancellation of a planned April 29 web-based seminar on security technology for law enforcement officers. A press release yesterday from the Washington state chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations reports that the Washington State Patrol and the Seattle Police Department withdrew from the program because of objections to involvement of Security Solutions International which CAIR says has "offered misinformation about Islamic history, promoted Muslim 'control' and 'take over' conspiracy theories, advocated profiling local Muslim communities, and smeared mainstream American Muslim organizations."