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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 Welcomes Federal Hate Crime Charge for Mississippi Cross Burning

CAIR Welcomes Federal Hate Crime Charge for Mississippi Cross Burning (WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/24/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a federal hate crime charge brought against a Mississippi man who allegedly burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors. The […]

CAIR Welcomes Renaming of Virginia Highways Named for Confederate Leaders

(WASHINGTON D.C., 9/13/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the renaming of two highways in Virginia named for Confederate leaders. After a 9-1 vote by the Fairfax County Board, Lee Highway will be called Route 29 and Lee-Jackson Memorial Highway will be Route 50. […]

CAIR Condemns Ruling Preventing Removal of North Carolina Confederate Monument

(WASHINGTON D.C., 9/13/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a court ruling that a Confederate monument in North Carolina must remain in place. A superior court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2021 by the NAACP demanding the removal of the Confederate monument in […]

CAIR-MA Condemns Antisemitic Banner on Highway Overpass

(BOSTON, MA, 9/13/2022) – The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA) today condemned an antisemitic banner placed on a highway overpass in Saugus, Mass. Law enforcement authorities say they received multiple complaints about the antisemitic banner that several men who had their faces covered were holding across Route 1. “We condemn this attempt […]

CAIR Welcomes N.C. City Resolution Supporting Removal of Confederate Monument

(WASHINGTON D.C., 9/13/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a resolution by the city council of Asheboro, N.C., in support of removing a Confederate monument currently located outside a courthouse.  The monument has been the source of controversy in Asheboro and the wider Randolph […]

CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Harassment Targeting Md. Muslim Families in Public Park 

(BALTIMORE, MD, 9/9/22) – The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called for a hate crime investigation into an incident in which Muslim families enjoying a picnic outing at a public park in Anne Arundel County, Md., were reportedly harassed and intimidated by an individual who allegedly made derogatory remarks about their […]

Sept. 9: CAIR-MN to Call for Stepped-Up Police Patrols After Attack on St. Cloud Mosque

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 9/8/22) – Tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 9), the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) will hold a news conference with leadership of the Islamic Center of St. Cloud, Minn., to call for stepped-up police patrols following targeted vandalism of the St. Cloud Islamic Center mosque.   On Thursday at 1 a.m., two […]