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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-NJ Denounces Mistreatment of Gaza Flotilla Participants, Calls on Representatives to Advocate for Amrou Ibrahim’s Release

The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) denounces the mistreatment of Global Sumud Flotilla participants on arrival at Ashdod Port, Israel. New Jersey resident, Amrou Ibrahim, is among those detained by Israeli forces for attempting to deliver aid to Gaza when their vessel was unlawfully seized. READ: Global leaders denounce treatment of […]

CAIR-MI Files Civil Rights Complaint Alleging Anti-Muslim Harassment, Retaliation Within Eastpointe Police Dept.

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today filed a civil rights complaint with the Michigan Department of Civil Rights on behalf of a Muslim and Arab-American police officer working with the East Pointe Michigan Police Department, alleging religious discrimination, […]

CAIR Joins 440+ Groups in Letter to Congress Condemning SPLC Indictment as ‘Abuse of Power’

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Nonprofits Together, and 442 other civil and human rights, faith, environmental, nonprofit organizations, and labor unions in condemning the criminal charges brought by the Trump administration against the Southern Poverty […]

Roswell Community Masjid, Roswell City Reps, CAIR-GA, Others to Join Absentia Funeral Prayers, Vigil for Victims of San Diego Mosque Shooting

This evening (Wednesday, May 20, 7 p.m.), the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) will join the Roswell Community Masjid as it hosts a community-wide funerary prayers (Salat al-Janazah) in absentia and vigil in remembrance of the victims of the shooting that occurred at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The event will be attended by City of Roswell representatives, faith leaders, community […]

CAIR-NY Welcomes Arrest of Suspect Following Knife Threat Incident Targeting Muslim Men at Brooklyn Restaurant 

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of an individual accused of threatening four Muslim men with a knife as they exited an Applebee’s location in Brooklyn Sunday night and called for a full hate crime investigation into the incident.  According […]