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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 in the News, September 5, 2024

CAIR: Anti-Israel protests spark surge in campus censorship, says free speech group – Washington Times Edward Ahmed Mitchell, deputy national director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, accused the nation’s top colleges of stifling peaceful protests. “By slandering, censoring and even brutalizing students who launched overwhelmingly peaceful sit-ins to end their […]

CAIR in the News, September 4, 2024

CAIR: ‘From the River to the Sea’ is not hate speech, Meta’s Oversight Board rules – CNN In December, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) filed a discrimination complaint on behalf of a Black Muslim Arab American teacher in Maryland after she was placed on administrative leave for her email signature, which contained the slogan. […]

CAIR-Chicago Welcomes Hate Crime Charge for Racist Intimidation

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) today welcomed hate crime charges for a man who allegedly waved a gun while shouting racist slurs at a Black man and four others in Lombard Park.  According to prosecutors, a Black man and four other people were at a park near the Lombard Lagoon […]

CAIR in the News, September 3, 2024

CAIR-Texas: Woman accused of trying to drown Palestinian-Muslim girl indicted on attempted capital murder charge – WFAA CAIR: US Muslim group urges Biden to value Palestinian and Israeli lives equally – Anadolu Agency “Just as President Biden clearly and passionately condemned the killing of Israeli hostages, he should clearly and passionately condemn the torture-murder of this 58-year-old […]