The bill primarily seeks US sanctions against foreign non-Islamic countries or entities who are supposedly Islamophobic.
HR 5665, titled “Combating International Islamophobia Act”, was introduced by Rep Ilhan Omar (D- MN05) on 21 October 2021 in the US Congress. The official title of this bill is “To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes”. While the title makes the purpose of the bill clear, there is a vagueness in the title, which raises questions about what this bill means for international non-Islamic communities. The last part, “and for other purposes”, opens up the possibility of this bill being misused by the State Department if this ever passes on the floors of both the Senate and the Congress. What are these “other purposes”? This bill is redundant even before it is introduced because it ties the US government to a religion which goes against the Constitution of the United States. The bill also gives preference to a religion which the majority of Americans do not…
