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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-NY Condemns Hate Crime Assault in Queens Against Sikh Man

(NEW YORK, NY, 10/16/2023)—The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), a chapter of the Nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported hate crime assault on Sunday of a Sikh young man wearing a turban.  The incident took place on an MTA bus Sunday morning, where the […]

TODAY: Funeral and Burial of Six-Year-Old Boy Killed in Anti-Muslim Hate Crime

CAIR-Chicago says large crowds expected, sensitivity requested (CHICAGO, IL, 10/16/2023) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, is sharing details for the funeral and burial of six-year-old Wadea Al Fayoume taking place TODAY. Yesterday, CAIR-Chicago called for hate crime charges in the […]

BREAKING: CAIR-Chicago Calls for Hate Crime Charge for ‘You Muslims Must Die’ Killing of Palestinian-American Child

Muslim civil rights group laments ‘atmosphere of de-humanization’ created by one-sided political statements & media reporting  (CHICAGO, IL, 10/15/2023) – The Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today decried the reported stabbing death of a six-year-old Palestinian-American boy and the stabbing of his mother as “our […]

CAIR-Missouri Condemns Anti-Palestinian X (Formerly Twitter) Post by Washington University Professor Allegedly Approving of Ethnic Cleansing

(ST. LOUIS, MO, 10/14/2023) – The Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Missouri) today condemned a X (formerly Twitter) post by a professor at Washington University in St. Louis allegedly calling for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and claiming they are not “humans.” In his comments responding to another post saying that “Israel is […]