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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 Demands Release of Journalist Abducted by Israel in Gaza, Calls on World Media to Condemn Campaign to Block Coverage of Genocide

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today demanded the release of a journalist reportedly abducted by Israeli forces at a checkpoint in Gaza during ongoing ethnic cleansing in the area. Israeli forces kidnapped Al Jazeera English journalist Moath Al-Kahlout in northern Gaza, which has been under […]

CAIR in the News, December 18, 2024

CAIR-NJ: NJ lawyer says his path to federal judge bench was derailed by ‘organized smear campaign’ – The New Jersey Herald Video: CAIR’s Exit Polls Highlight Frustration Over U.S. Policies on Gaza Genocide CAIR-MI: Judge allows discrimination lawsuit against U.S. Steel in Ecorse to proceed to trial – Metro Times CAIR-Ohio: Senate passes antisemitism bill […]

CAIR in the News, December 17, 2024

CAIR-MN: Chisago County Board reverses itself, approves permit for Muslim cemetery – Star Tribune CAIR-Ohio: First Amendment attorneys say Ohio bill aimed at curbing antisemitism may infringe on rights But critics of the bill, like Khalid Turaani the CAIR-Ohio executive director Columbus, Cincinnati and Dayton, worry the definition is too vague and the examples infringe […]

CAIR Condemns Israeli Ethnic Cleansing in Syria After Occupation Destroys Roads, Water Networks to Force Out Residents

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli ethnic cleansing of a part of Syria its forces recently invaded. In Syria’s Quneitra governorate, Israeli forces have damaged streets, cut down the trees, destroyed electricity poles, and demanded that residents leave.When they refused to leave, […]

CAIR in the News, December 13, 2024

CAIR: US Muslim group calls Biden ‘mass murderer of Muslims’ – Al Jazeera “President Biden cannot credibly claim to care about Muslims or Islamophobia while simultaneously supporting the Israeli government’s destruction of mosques, desecration of Qurans, and mass murder of a predominantly Muslim population,” the group said in a statement. “By enabling Netanyahu’s war crimes, […]