These types of incidents are all too common for Muslims in the United States and beyond. Ilhan Omar is quoted in the press release as saying. “In my home state of Minnesota, vandals spray-painted hate messages and a Nazi swastika on and near the Moorhead Fargo Islamic Center. “We are seeing a rise in Islamophobia in nearly every corner of the globe,” Rep. leadership in combatting Islamophobia worldwide.”
“It will also establish a comprehensive strategy for establishing U.S. “The creation of the Special Envoy will help policymakers better understand the interconnected, global problem of anti-Muslim bigotry,” said the press release.
“The bill requires the State Department to create a Special Envoy for monitoring and combating Islamophobia, and include state-sponsored Islamophobic violence and impunity in the Department's annual human rights reports,” says a press release posted on Omar’s congressional website. 21 in sponsoring the “ Combating International Islamophobia Act,” which seeks to “establish a comprehensive strategy for establishing U.S. (Photo by Preston Ehrler/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
