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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, August 16, 2024

CAIR-MN: Recent attacks against Minnesota mosques, Muslims are unsettling. Does anybody care? – Star Tribune With his daughter playing in the background, I could hear Jaylani Hussein’s concern expressed over the phone days after Dar Al-Qalam, a mosque in northeast Minneapolis, received more than a dozen threatening calls over the weekend. The person who called […]

CAIR in the News, August 15, 2024

CAIR-NY: Jewish Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Attacks on Muslim Neighbor – New York Times Afaf Nasher, the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations New York, said in a statement, “The violence allegedly committed is shocking, and to learn that Islamophobia motivated the attacks is even more alarming.” “We hope that justice is […]

CAIR in the News, August 14, 2024

CAIR: ‘Sickening Beyond Words’: Biden Approves Another $20 Billion in Weapons for Israel – Common Dreams Edward Ahmed Mitchell, national deputy director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said Wednesday that “by approving another massive shipment of arms to the far-right Israeli government, the Biden administration is pouring gasoline on a fire that could […]

CAIR in the News, August 13, 2024

CAIR-MN: Mosque Getting Threatening Calls From St. Cloud Number CAIR-Chicago: Local Muslim leaders call on politicians attending DNC to do more to end war in Gaza – ABC “We call for an immediate and permanent cease-fire to save these innocent lives, and there must be accountability for every rogue state actor in the world that […]

CAIR-LA Files Suit Against FBI for Using Illegal, Racist Watchlist Against Palestinian Americans

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, and its Greater Los Angeles Area office (CAIR-LA) today held press conferences in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., announcing the filing of a lawsuit against the federal government for placing one Palestinian American on the No Fly List and for seizing the electronic device […]