There's a sense of being under siege in many Muslim communities. People just assume there are agents or informants in their mosque now. It's a fact of life. Ibrahim Hooper More Quotes by Ibrahim Hooper More Quotes From Ibrahim Hooper I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future. Ibrahim Hooper islamicunited-statesgovernment I want to see the U.S become an Islamic nation. Ibrahim Hooper islamicnationswant Islam is an ideology. It's not a race. Ibrahim Hooper islamraceideology It's been our experience that any time a Muslim community anywhere seeks to expand or establish a mosque or some other kind of institution, there will be some type of opposition, when you scratch the surface, often there is a tremendous level of bigotry and stereotyping in the opposition. Ibrahim Hooper scratchesmosquescommunity There is a cottage industry of these Muslim bashers who are training law enforcement personnel, military personnel... and you are breeding a generation of leaders in our society who have this suspicion of Islam and hostility towards American Muslims and Muslims in general. The intention of these trainers is to demonise Islam and to marginalise American Muslims. Ibrahim Hooper leadermilitarylaw I think our position from the beginning is no organization should profit from bigotry. Ibrahim Hooper politics We thank local law enforcement officials for their prompt and professional response to this disturbing incident, which is apparently another example of the growing Islamophobia targeting American Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim. Ibrahim Hooper latest-headlines The problem comes when you look at a dichotomy between being an Australian or an American and being a Muslim. We don’t see a dichotomy, we see that, in fact, the American-Muslim community is the prime defender of the U.S. Constitution. We see no conflict between Islamic beliefs and practices and living as a productive, contributing citizen whether it’s in Australia or America. Ibrahim Hooper latest-headlines Instead of stating you can be a good Australian and a good Muslim at the same time, he’s somehow throwing Islam under the bus and that’s where he got in trouble, muslims around the world follow sharia law every day of their lives when they pray, when they fast. There is no inherent conflict being a law-abiding Australian or American and practicing Islam. That’s a false premise. Ibrahim Hooper latest-headlines We believe that if the victims had not been wearing headscarves, had they not been Muslim, that this incident would not have occurred. Ibrahim Hooper us These two forms of hostility seem to be overlapping and reinforcing each other. Ibrahim Hooper us-news Every mosque all over the country has nightly Ramadan activities, so they're vulnerable. Ibrahim Hooper us-news We have called for stepped-up police presence not only for that mosque but others in that state, every mosque all over the country has nightly Ramadan activities, so they're vulnerable. Ibrahim Hooper us-news Everyone has a right to be a bigot if they want to, but not on a state-issued license plate. Ibrahim Hooper oddly-enough It's part of an overall toxic anti-Muslim atmosphere that we're seeing, particularly in the past few weeks with Paris and San Bernardino, anti-Muslim bigotry was still on the fringes after 9/11. But it's moving toward the mainstream thanks to Donald Trump, Ben Carson and these types of comments. Ibrahim Hooper top-news This is an extremely old issue that has been circulated endlessly on anti-Muslim hate sites and it’s a bit surprising to see an elected official promoting these kinds of Islamophobic smears. Ibrahim Hooper politics I think it is symptomatic of the overall rise of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society. We saw a multitude of these incidents after the San Bernardino (California) shootings. I think these incidents will only increase, unfortunately, it's this whole thing where the flight crew is uncomfortable or the passengers are uncomfortable. Why are they uncomfortable? Because of a perceived faith and ethnicity that leads to them being thrown off planes. It's very troubling. Ibrahim Hooper top-news We’re entering into the realm of the fascist now, it should be disturbing not only to American Muslims, but it should be disturbing to all Americans that the leading Republican presidential candidate would issue essentially a fascist statement like this. Ibrahim Hooper politics We are seeing I think a more toxic anti-Muslim environment or atmosphere than we have seen since 9/11, in some ways it’s worse because it’s been mainstreamed by public figures like Donald Trump or Ben Carson so it’s seen as a natural, normal kind of thing. Ibrahim Hooper top-news We are operating in an atmosphere of hysteria and fear, i have never seen it like this, not even after 9/11. Ibrahim Hooper politics
