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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 Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Asian-American Site in Oregon

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 8/5/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism targeting an Asian-American site in Oregon. Someone reportedly threw a piece of granite through a window of the teahouse at the Lan Su […]

BREAKING: CAIR-FL, CAIR Call for Florida to Drop Anti-Muslim Classroom Content Provider

(WASHINGTON, DC, 8/1/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Florida chapter today called on the Florida Department of Education to clarify and reject any relationship between the Islamophobic Prager University and Florida schools. In an email on Saturday, July 29, PragerU Kids informed its followers “PragerU is now in schools as an official state-approved educational […]

VIDEO: CAIR Releases MCPS Memo Showing Principals Raised Numerous Objections to New Curriculum

Elementary school principals objected to content in books, anti-religious bias in discussion guides, lack of teacher training, inconsistent explanations from district office    (BALTIMORE, MD, 8/1/2023) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, held a press conference today alongside local parents and community members to […]

CAIR-SFBA Condemns Distribution of Racist, Antisemitic Flyers in Marin County Neighborhoods

(SANTA CLARA, CA, 8/1/2023) – 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 condemned the distribution of racist, antisemitic flyers in Larkspur and Corte Madera.  According to Marin police, the flyers were left in residents’ driveways on July 30 and are similar to hate-filled flyers found in driveways in several other San Francisco Bay Area cities, including Danville, Concord, Berkeley, and Palo Alto, over the past year. Police are asking the […]

CAIR-Philadelphia, ACLU-Delaware Respond to UDPD’s Misleading Statement Regarding Unlawful Arrest of Delaware Resident Mohammed Sanogo

(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 8/1/2023) – The following statement is released on behalf of The Philadelphia chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) and ACLU-Delaware in response to a statement posted on the University of Delaware (UD) website regarding the unlawful arrest of Christina School District graduate Mohammed Sanogo by the UD Police Department following the June 15 graduation […]