CAIR-Ohio director fired for allegedly leaking information to anti-Muslim hate group – By Yilun Cheng (The Columbus Dispatch) / December 14, 2021
The head of the Ohio chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a nationwide Muslim civil rights organization, has been fired for allegedly leaking confidential information to an anti-Muslim hate group.
For several years, Romin Iqbal, the executive and legal director of CAIR-Ohio, has been recording network meetings and sharing information regarding CAIR’s national advocacy work with a known anti-Muslim hate group, according to a Tuesday press release from the organization’s Ohio chapter.
The findings stemmed from an investigation conducted by a third-party forensic expert retained by CAIR’s national headquarters. Iqbal admitted to these ethical violations after being confronted by evidence of his misconduct, the press release said. Investigators concluded that no other employee at CAIR was aiding Iqbal
