(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Activist, educator and former imam Abdullah Jaber has been named the new executive director of the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Jaber, 29, assumes the post on March 1.
Jaber plans to make his first public appearance in his new role at CAIR-Georgia’s fourth annual gala, “Celebrating Our Past, Building Our Future,” on Feb. 15th.
Other scheduled speakers include U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Imam Suhaib Webb, a social activist and educator, known as the “Snapchat Imam.”
He succeeds Edward Ahmed Mitchell, who was recently appointed national deputy director of the organization in Washington, D.C.
