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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 New Juneteenth Federal Holiday, Offers 2nd Online Juneteenth Educational Program

(WASHINGTON, DC, 6/17/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed passage of legislation marking Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Later today, President Biden will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act that commemorates the day — June 19, 1865 — when enslaved people in Texas were […]

CAIR to Join Maryland Juneteenth Protest Against Desecration of African Burial Ground, Environmental Pollution

(BALTIMORE, MD, 6/16/21) – On Saturday, June 19, the Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, will join other community and civil rights organizations at a protest and march to mark Juneteenth and to address the desecration of an African-American burial ground and continuing environmental pollution […]

Register for 6th Annual National Virtual Muslim Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill June 21-24

The people of CAIR come from all walks of life and multiple career fields; they include lawyers, businesspeople, professors, doctors, teachers, caregivers, engineers, and entrepreneurs. CAIR’s leadership, staff, interns, active volunteers, and advisory board includes nearly 600 people of various cultural backgrounds across American. Accurate and authentic representation strengthens our mission and extends our capacity […]

CAIR-Kentucky Condemns Racist KKK Graffiti Targeting Home in Washington County

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/16/2021) – The Kentucky chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Kentucky), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) graffiti targeting a home in Washington County, Ky. The homeowner, who is a grandmother to bi-racial children, reported that the siding of her house, […]

CAIR Condemns Racist, QAnon Pro-Trump Rally in Montana

(WASHINGTON, D.C. – 6/15/2021) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a racist, QAnon supporting, pro-Trump rally in Bozeman, Mont.  The rally was held Monday in celebration of Trump’s 75th birthday. Attendees flew Confederate, QAnon, and far-right, anti-government Three Percenter flags from their pickup […]

CAIR, CAIR-Houston Mark Juneteenth with Online Educational Program

(WASHINGTON, DC, 6/15/2021) – Today, Tuesday, June 15, the National and Houston (CAIR-Houston) offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) will host the first of two programs in honor of Juneteenth. CAIR on Air’s “What is Juneteenth” program will offer a historical review of what is known as Freedom Day and the events that led up to it – […]

CAIR Calls on Hilton Hotels to Drop China Project on Site of Bulldozed, Desecrated Uyghur Mosque in Xinjiang Province

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/15/21) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide Holdings to drop plans to build a Hilton Hotel in China’s Xinjiang region on the site of a bulldozed and desecrated mosque.     This weekend, The Telegraph reported that China is building a new commercial […]