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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-LA, Partners Welcome ‘Partial Victory’ in FBI v. Fazaga After SCOTUS Rules Muslim Plaintiffs Can Still Pursue Religious Discrimination Claims

(LOS ANGELES, CA – 3/4/2022) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the ACLU, and UCLA’s Center for Immigration Law Policy today held a press conference in response to the Supreme Court’s decision regarding Muslim surveillance case FBI v. Fazaga.   SEE: What You Need To Know About CAIR-LA […]

CAIR Publishes New Islamophobia.org Profile of Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calls on Leader McCarthy to Reverse Pledge to Put Her Back on Committees

(WASHINGTON D.C., 3/2/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today published a profile on Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) on its Islamophobia.org website.  Both prior to and during her time in Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene has made repeated anti-Muslim, racist and antisemitic statements, and has targeted Muslim […]

CAIR Welcomes Move to Remove Nashville Confederate Monument from Park

(WASHINGTON D.C., 3/2/2022) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a move to remove a Confederate monument from a park in Nashville, Tenn. Metro Nashville Parks and Recreation Board served public notice Tuesday that it plans to petition the Tennessee Historical Commission for a waiver […]

CAIR-MI ‘Deeply Saddened’ by Firebombing of Dearborn Mosque, Suspect Killed by Police

(CANTON, MI, 2/13/2022) – The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed its deep sadness over the firebombing by an armed assailant of a mosque in Dearborn, which led to the suspect being killed by police. Early yesterday morning, an armed assailant firebombed […]

CAIR-Houston Condemns White Supremacist Flyers Left at Houses in Harris County, Urges Hate Crime Probe

(HOUSTON, TX, 2/6/2022) – The Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston) today condemned the distribution of flyers promoting the racist white supremacist group Identity Aryan Freedom Network left at homes the Cypress area in Northwest Harris County.  CAIR-Houston also urged local police and the FBI to launch a hate crime investigation of the distribution […]

CAIR-Chicago Condemns Act of Antisemitic Vandalism on Rogers Park Synagogue

(CHICAGO, IL, 2/1/2022) – The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemns recent antisemitic and racist graffiti found on F.R.E.E. Synagogue and Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School in Rogers Park. “Chicago’s Muslim community stands in full solidarity with our Jewish brothers […]