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 Israeli Attack Wounding Malaysian UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an Israeli attack in Lebanon that reportedly injured Malaysian UN peacekeepers. Those UNIFIL peacekeepers, and several Lebanese Army personnel, were injured in a drone strike on a UN convoy near the town of Sidon in south Lebanon. Three […]

UPDATE: CAIR Reschedules Release of National Exit Poll of Muslim Voters

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is rescheduling the release of its national exit poll of American Muslim voters to incorporate additional data and insights into how respondents’ choices vary by state and other key demographic characteristics. CAIR plans to announce a new date and time […]

CAIR in the News, November 7, 2024

CAIR: In historic shift, American Muslim and Arab voters desert Democrats – VOA News Less than half of the Muslim voters who voted backed Harris, according to an exit poll of more than 1,000 voters by the Council on American Islamic Relations. Most voted for either a third-party candidate or Trump, said Robert McCaw, CAIR’s […]

CAIR Calls for Removal of Israeli Flag Reportedly Hung in Maryland Polling Place

 Today, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the Maryland State Board of Elections to remove an Israeli flag that appears to be hung inside a polling station in Montgomery County, Maryland. According to complaints received by CAIR, a voter in Rockville went to their polling place, Neighborhood Church, and reportedly observed the flag hanging […]

CAIR in the News, November 5, 2024

CAIR: Chicago Muslim civil rights group calls for state senator’s resignation over social media posts – CBS CAIR-Ohio: Voters Line Up Outside Ohio Mosque – Video Footage released by Khalid M Turaani, the executive director of CAIR Ohio, shows waiting voters mixing with worshippers leaving the mosque from morning prayer. CAIR sends 600,000 texts to […]

CAIR Condemns Israel’s Intentional Erasure of Entire Lebanese Villages

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the far-right Israeli government’s intentional erasure of entire villages in Lebanon. Video shows detonations in the southern Lebanese border village of Mais al-Jabal, with almost the entire village destroyed. Similar incidents of Israeli mass destruction took place in […]

CAIR in the News, November 4, 2024

CAIR: Arab and Muslim Voters in Michigan: “I Can’t Overlook Genocide” – The Intercept Her support appears to be stronger among Muslims. She had the vote of 42 percent of Muslims versus Harris’s 41 percent in a late October poll of Muslim voters commissioned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Swedish Public Radio Interviews CAIR […]

CAIR Condemns Flattening of Gaza Homes, Mosque by Private Israeli Companies

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the far-right Israeli government’s reported flattening of whole areas of Gaza, including homes and mosques, by civilian contractors. A video uploaded by an employee of one of those companies shows the bulldozing of homes in Rafah and the […]