The substances in the packages turned out to be non-hazardous. Were the senders simply trying to “strike terror in the enemy of Allah”? (Qur’an 8:60) Is just asking that question, even amid the skyrocketing Jew-hatred we see today, “Islamophobic”?
“Fire crews respond to Northeast Seattle synagogue for possible hazardous substance,” by Paige Cornwell, Seattle Times, November 6, 2023:
…The Seattle Fire Department’s 911 call log showed a hazmat response to Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch shortly before 8 p.m. Monday. Crews investigated and determined the substance was nonhazardous, the Fire Department said around 9:30 p.m.
The synagogue is the fourth Jewish institution to report suspicious or possibly hazardous substances since Friday.
Two Seward Park synagogues received suspicious packages in the mail, each containing a white powdery substance, and Hillel University of Washington also reported a suspicious package, without a powdery substance. Police determined the packages weren’t hazardous.