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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 to Join Palestine Advocates at ‘End Meta Censorship’ Rally Outside Meta Headquarters

(SANTA CLARA, CA, 12/12/23) – Later today, 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, will join the “Let Palestine Speak: End Meta Censorship” rally outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park.  WHAT: In response to reports of “shadow banning” on Meta’s Instagram and Facebook […]

CAIR Says U.S. Must Condemn and Stop Enabling Israeli Govt Use of White Phosphorus

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/11/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Biden administration to address reporting that the U.S. supplied the Israeli government with white phosphorus used in attacks on civilian areas.  The Washington Post reported that Israel used U.S.-supplied white phosphorus munitions in an October […]

CAIR Condemns ‘Affront to Democracy and an Act of Moral Insanity’ After Biden Bypasses Congress to Send Israel Tank Ammo

(WASHINGTON, DC – 12/9/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Biden administration’s use of emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review as an “affront to democracy and an act of moral insanity.” In a statement, CAIR National […]

CAIR Texas Calls UT Austin to Reinstate Two TAs Over Pro-Palestinian Message

(AUSTIN, TX, 12/9/23) – The Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Texas) today called for the reinstatement of two graduate students who were allegedly removed from their TA (teaching assistant) positions at the University of Texas at Austin a week after sending a message to their students acknowledging the Palestinian students’ struggle with harassment […]