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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-Minnesota to Join Family of Sahra Gesaade Event Honoring Her Life

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 10/06/23) – Later today, Friday, October 6, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will join one of the families of five female Muslims killed in a recent June car crash and University of Minnesota – Rochester community to remember their loved daughter and community member. The event, titled “In loving memory […]

BREAKING: CAIR-LA Condemns Violent Assault by Protesters on Turkish Diplomats and Staff at USC Annenberg Event

(LOS ANGELES, CA – 10/2/2023) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today strongly condemned the reported assault by protesters on Turkish diplomats and staff following a conference on Turkish foreign policy held at the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.   On Friday, Sept. 29, Ambassador Hasan […]

CAIR Urges State Dept. to Condemn French Court’s Decision on Ban on Abayas in Schools, Hijab Ban at 2024 Paris Olympics

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/26/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today sent a letter Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting the State Department condemn the French government’s Council of State’s recent decision to uphold the France’s ban on abayas worn by some Muslim students in schools.  CAIR […]

BREAKING: CAIR Calls on Montana Office of Public Instruction to Drop Anti-Muslim Classroom Content Provider 

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/25/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Montana Office of Public Instruction to reject partnership between the Islamophobic Prager University and Montana schools.     Media Matters research file: We watched every PragerU Kids video. Here are the lowlights.https://www.mediamatters.org/dennis-prager/research-file-we-watched-every-prageru-kids-video-here-are-lowlights  In an update […]

CAIR-WA Welcomes Arrest for Alleged Anti-Asian Hate Crime

(SEATTLE, WA, 9/16/2023) – The Washington chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the arrest of a suspected for an allegedly anti-Asian attack on the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, Wash. Seattle police say a man yelling racial slurs […]