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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 Condemns US Veto of UN Resolution Calling for Gaza Ceasefire

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the US veto of a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The UN Security Council voted on a resolution that called for an “immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” and separately demanded the release of […]

CAIR Applauds Md. City Resolution Demanding Ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon, Arms Embargo Pending Unrestricted Flow of Humanitarian Aid

Civil rights group calls on Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) to join Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD), Others in Supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) JRDs, urges members of Congress to enact immediate arms embargo, invoke Leahy Laws   (BALTIMORE, MD, 11/20/2024) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today applauded the City of Hyattsville’s passage of […]

CAIR in the News, November 20, 2024

Video: CAIR-CA Says Almost Half of Muslim Students Face Harassment or Discrimination CAIR: How will Trump approach the Israel-Hamas conflict? – The National News Desk CAIR: California professor speaks out against charges over pro-Palestinian protest: ‘failure in leadership’ – The Guardian CAIR-Pittsburgh: Police investigating antisemitic and racist stickers found throughout Squirrel Hill – Post-Gazette CAIR: […]

CAIR in the News, November 19, 2024

CAIR-Pittsburgh: Police investigating antisemitic and racist stickers found throughout Squirrel Hill – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Images of the stickers were widely circulated on social media, sparking outrage from community members. The Pittsburgh chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-Pittsburgh, a chapter of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, also condemned “the distribution […]

CAIR in the News, November 18, 2024

Video: CAIR-SFBA Stands with Erin Donovan on the Right to Free Speech for Palestine Advocacy CAIR: School Battles May Help Explain Why Democrats Declined in Some Suburbs – The New York Times Still, those issues were very real for some Virginians, according to Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who lives […]

CAIR Welcomes Call by Pope Francis to Probe Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a call by Pope Francis for an investigation to determine whether Israel has committed “genocide” in Gaza. In a new book, the head of the Catholic Church said, “According to some experts, what is happening in Gaza has […]

CAIR-Philadelphia Condemns UPenn Rep’s Racist Rant Calling Palestinians ‘Half-A**ed Backwards People,’ Calls on UPenn Admins to Take Appropriate Steps

Today, CAIR-Philadelphia strongly condemned an individual apparently representing the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) who allegedly engaged in a racist rant while removing signage installed as part of an art installation raising awareness about the towns and people across Palestine before and after the 1948 Nakba in which Palestinians were expelled from their homeland.  The individual […]