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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 Says Biden Must Rein In ‘Out-of-Control’ Netanyahu After Latest Israeli Massacre of Palestinian Children

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Biden to take action to rein in the “out-of-control” far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu after Israel again slaughtered Palestinian children in Gaza. At least 22 people, mostly women and children, were massacred in an Israeli strike on a […]

CAIR in the News, September 20, 2024

Video: CAIR’s Election Survey Reveals Surprising Green Party Support CAIR: Shocking video shows Palestinian bodies thrown from West Bank rooftop by Israeli soldiers – The New Arab The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said the image of bulldozers desecrating bodies and throwing Palestinian civilians from rooftops “should shock the […]

CAIR Welcomes Sentencing of Man Who Made Racist Threat Targeting Black Family in Maine

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the sentencing of a Lewiston, Maine, man who made a racist threat targeting his Black neighbors. Charles Allen Barnes, 47, admitted to sending a voice message in which he said he was outside that neighbor’s residence and would […]

CAIR in the News, September 19, 2024

CAIR-LA: Are the pager attacks across Lebanon a prelude to a wider regional war? – TRT World Video CAIR: In Overwhelming Vote, UN General Assembly Demands Swift End to Israeli Occupation – Common Dreams Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said in a statement Wednesday that “the Biden administration […]

CAIR in the News, September 18, 2024

CAIR: Jill Stein leads Harris, Trump among some Muslim-American swing state voters, report shows – USA Today A new report from the Council on American Islamic Relations shows Green Party candidate Jill Stein leading Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump among Muslim voters in some swing states. CAIR: GOP senator insults Arab […]

BREAKING NEWS: CAIR Condemns U.S. Senator Kennedy’s Anti-Arab Hate During Hate Crimes Hearing

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned U.S. Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) for his anti-Arab bigotry targeting a respected Arab American leader during a Senate hearing on hate crimes. During a U.S. Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday titled “A Threat to Justice Everywhere: Stemming the Tide […]

CAIR and Palestine Legal File Lawsuit Against U. of Maryland for Canceling Palestinian and Jewish Student Groups’ Interfaith Vigil

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, and Palestine Legal filed a lawsuit today on behalf of University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine to challenge the university’s decision to cancel the group’s interfaith vigil to honor the lives lost during Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. […]