By Janice E. Tufte, Islamic Civic Engagement Coalition, Seattle
During this reflective time around your Yom Kippur and just after my Islamic Eid Al Fitr, I would like to send my sympathies and regrets regarding the hate crimes incidences that occurred recently (Sept. 12) in one of our Seattle neighborhoods.
I posted the JTNews Seward Park vandalism article yesterday on the Seattle Muslim Activist site, where we Muslims regularly communicate with one another regarding issues we all should be aware of.
I am so sorry this hate incident happened to this quiet, respected community, a part of our larger Abrahamic Seattle community.
I sincerely hope whomever has committed these crimes will have an opportunity for historic diversity training; perhaps the expansion of knowledge will take away the possibility of future negative thoughts and actions.