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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 Condemns Vandalism of Lake Merritt Menorah in Oakland

(SANTA CLARA, CA, 12/13/23) – The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned the vandalism of a menorah at Lake Merritt in Oakland. The menorah, an important symbol of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, was destroyed and thrown into the water early this morning in an […]

CAIR SFBA Condemns Hate Crime Against Advocates for Palestinian Rights, Calls on San Jose Police Department for Swift Investigation

(SANTA CLARA, CA, 12/12/23) – 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 strongly condemned a reported recent hate crime targeting advocates for Palestinian rights and called on the San Jose Police Department for a swift and thorough investigation.   Volunteers with the Northern California […]

Watch CBS Reports Documentary ‘The Watchlist’

CAIR Urges Community to view the new CBS Reports documentary “The Watchlist.” CAIR understands the documentary will air Thursday at 8 p.m. on the CBS News app and will be available on the Paramount Plus steaming service. CBS News has already aired a segment about the documentary and is expected to feature other excerpts in the coming […]

CAIR Says Israeli Demolition of U.N. School is ‘Evidence of Ongoing Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing’

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/12/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said the far-right Israeli government’s controlled demolition of a U.N. school in Gaza is “further evidence of the ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing.”  A video shows Israeli forces blowing up the UNRWA school building in Beit […]