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Author: Ibrahim Hooper

Ibrahim Hooper – Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper is the National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a master’s of art in journalism and mass communication. Hooper has been with CAIR since its founding in 1994. As CAIR’s spokesman he appears frequently on national and international television programs to offer an Islamic perspective on current events or debate controversial issues.

CAIR in the News, June 27, 2025

CAIR-Texas: A New Constitutionally Dodgy Texas Law Threatens Campus Speech – Dallas Observer CAIR: North Texas Republican Party chair posts online poll asking whether ‘Jews’ or ‘Muslims’ are bigger threat – San Antonio Current CAIR-Chicago: Monument Will Be Dedicated To Boy, 6, Fatally Stabbed In Plainfield Hate Crime – Patch CAIR: Mamdani’s NYC primary win […]

CAIR-LA to Announce Lawsuit Against County of Orange, OC Sheriff Don Barnes, and OC Sheriff’s Department Deputies Over Forced Removal of Two Women’s Hijabs 

On Tuesday, July 1, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) will hold a press conference to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the County of Orange, Sheriff Don Barnes, and individual deputies of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department for forcibly removing the hijabs of two Muslim women following […]

CAIR in the News, June 26, 2025

CAIR-LA: As Gaza starves, GoFundMe accused of blocking ‘millions of dollars’ raised – Al Jazeera Amr Shabaik, the legal director at the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), told Al Jazeera that the fundamental issue with platforms like GoFundMe was the “imbalanced application of rules” – behaviour consistent with other forms of digital censorship since […]

CAIR-Chicago, Wadee Alfayoumi’s Family, & Community to Dedicate Monument Honoring Muslim Child Killed in Anti-Palestinian Hate Crime

The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will join the family of Wadee Alfayoumi, community members, officials, interfaith leaders, and advocates at a public unveiling and dedication ceremony for the newly installed Wadee Monument in memory of Wadee Alfayoumi—an innocent six-year-old boy brutally murdered […]

CAIR in the News, June 25, 2025

CAIR-Texas: Status of Collin County Sheriff’s controversial training in Israel remains uncertain as ceasefire begins – KERA News Mustafaa Carroll, the executive director of the Dallas Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR DFW) questioned why the Collin County Sheriff agreed to the training in the first place. “Why would you go and […]