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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-SFBA Welcomes Arrest in San Francisco Mosque Vandalism During Ramadan

The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspect in connection with multiple acts of vandalism at Masjid al-Tawheed in San Francisco during Ramadan. The suspect, caught on surveillance footage, was reportedly involved in damaging the mosque’s […]

CAIR-NY Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Anti-Muslim Subway Station Attack

The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate an alleged anti-Muslim attack targeting a woman at a subway station as a hate crime. A man allegedly threw a can at the 22-year-old victim while shouting “f—ing Muslims.” “We urge law enforcement […]

CAIR in the News, April 11, 2024

CAIR-Austin: Muslim college student, friend attacked, Texas advocates say – McClatchy “No human being should feel unsafe wearing their traditional clothes in public. And when this happens in Austin, a city that cherishes cultural diversity, it is even more traumatizing,” CAIR-Austin Operations Manager Shaimaa Zayan said in a statement. CAIR-Austin: UT student allegedly attacked in […]

CAIR-SFBA Condemns Repeated Vandalism Targeting San Francisco Mosque During Ramadan

The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) today condemned repeated vandalism targeting a San Francisco mosque during the month of Ramadan. A suspect was caught on video vandalizing the mosque. The suspect allegedly entered the mosque and shouted Islamophobic rhetoric and wrote “you will burn in hell” on the […]

CAIR-NJ Condemns Vandalism Targeting Rutgers Muslim Chaplaincy House, Welcomes Hate Crime Probe

 The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) today condemned vandalism targeting the Muslim Chaplaincy house at Rutgers University (A.K.A. CILRU, Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University). [NOTE: The news of this vandalism comes as a San Francisco mosque has been vandalized more than once during Ramadan.] CAIR-NJ also welcomed the attorney […]

CAIR in the News, April 10, 2024

CAIR: Pentagon Chief Claims U.S. Sees ‘No Evidence’ Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza – HuffPost The Pentagon chief’s testimony “completely ignores the fact that the Israeli government made racist, genocidal threats at the start of this war and then spent six months acting on those threats by destroying civilian infrastructure, sparking a famine, ethnically […]