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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 Removal of KKK Leader’s Statue in Tennessee

(WASHINGTON D.C., 12/8/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the removal of a statue of Confederate general, slave trader and early Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader Nathan Bedford Forrest in Tennessee. The statue, which stood on private property in Nashville, Tenn., was dismantled Tuesday. […]

CAIR-LA Demands Orange County DA’s Office Address Islamophobic Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

(LOS ANGELES, CA – 12/7/2021) – The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today demanded that the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office address Islamophobic discrimination and sexual harassment that was substantiated by a third-party investigator.   The investigation found that a former senior assistant district attorney, Gary Logalbo, made […]

BREAKING: CAIR Calls for Hate Crime Probe of Arson Targeting New Mexico Mosque

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/4/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate fires set at an Albuquerque, N.M., mosque as a possible hate crime. Surveillance video shows a woman setting multiple fires near the prayer hall of the […]

Breaking: Surveillance Video Obtained by CAIR-Washington Shows Explosive Device Being Detonated in Front of Olympia Mosque

(SEATTLE, WA, 12/2/2021) – The Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Washington) tonight released surveillance video obtained from the Islamic Center of Olympia dated November 23rd shows a car driving up, tossing an explosive device on the ground in front of the mosque and speeding away seconds before an explosion occurs.   WATCH THE VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DY5HVH–DQ CAIR-WA: […]

CAIR Calls on GOP Leaders to Repudiate Rep. Lauren Boebert’s Islamophobic Smears Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar

(WASHINGTON D.C., 11/26/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Rep. Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders to repudiate Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) recent anti-Muslim smears targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and misusing Islamic terminology. In remarks to constituents, Boebert told the apparently false story […]

CAIR-Minnesota Calls for Probe of Possible Bias Motive for Vandalism Targeting Dar Al-Qalam Islamic Center in Minneapolis

(MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 11/21/20) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today called on local, state law and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for vandalism targeting Dar Al-Qalam Islamic Center in Minneapolis, Minn., early Sunday morning. The mosque director’s car was also reportedly vandalized. [NOTE: Anyone with information about the […]