Basim Elkarra: Rising Above Hate

Basim Elkarra is the Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations for Sacramento and the Central Valley. He grew up in the Bay Area and then moved to Sacramento, where he discovered locals have a wider range of views. The Muslim civil rights leader speaks on his experience with hate in politics and Islamophobia from the Gulf War, 9/11 and through 2020.

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Basim Elkarra is the Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations for Sacramento and the Central Valley. The Muslim civil rights leader talks navigating Islamophobia, misconceptions and racism.

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