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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-Missouri Urges School Board to Keep Resolution Against Racism

(ST. LOUIS, MO, 7/20/2023) – The Missouri chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MO), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Francis Howell School Board in O’Fallon, Mo., to vote this evening to keep a resolution against racism passed three years ago during nationwide Black Lives Matter protests. A […]

BREAKING: CAIR-LA Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Vandalism Targeting Simi Valley Mosque 

(LOS ANGELES, CA – 7/18/2023) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called for a hate crime investigation into vandalism targeting a mosque in Simi Valley, Calif.   In a video sent to CAIR-LA from the Islamic […]

BREAKING: CAIR-CT to Join Community Leaders Calling for Hate Crime Charges for Attack on Rep. Khan

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/16/2023) – On Monday, July 17, the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CT) will join community leaders at a news conference and rally in Hartford, Conn., to call for hate crime charges for an alleged attack on state Rep. Maryam Khan and her family while they were attending Eid al-Adha (EED-AL-ODD-HA) prayers at that city’s XL […]

CAIR Condemns Machete Attack on Black Priest in Louisiana by Man Shouting Racist Slurs

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned an alleged machete attack on a Black priest in Louisiana by a suspect who allegedly said he “wanted to kill a black man today.” St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office said Johnny Dwayne Neely, is […]

CAIR Applauds Lawmakers Boycotting Speech by Israeli President Due to Country’s ‘Systematic and Escalating’ Human Rights Abuses

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today encouraged members of Congress to join the several House members who say they will boycott Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to a joint session of Congress on July 19 due to the Israeli government’s escalating human […]

CAIR Welcomes Arrests for Posting of KKK Flyers at Black Churches in Tennessee

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/14/23) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the posting of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers at Black churches in Tennessee. Two people have been arrested for allegedly posting the racist fliers on the marquees of three African-American churches and at businesses […]

CAIR Condemns Hacking of Maryland Construction Zone Sign with Racist Message

(BALTIMORE, MD, 7/9/2023) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the reported hacking of an electronic construction zone sign in Maryland with a racist message. Officials say someone hacked into a sign on a Montgomery County road and inserted the racist message. Police did not […]