The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Ohio said executive and legal director Romin Iqbal was informed of his termination Tuesday, following an investigation by an independent forensic expert ordered by its national headquarters.
An Ohio chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization has fired its leader for ethical and professional breaches that it says include a yearslong secret association with an anti-Muslim group.
CAIR announced it fired Romin Iqbal on Tuesday after a yearlong investigation found he had been passing information to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.