New Bill Alert! Dear Email, Tomorrow, Thursday, December 9th, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will vote on a markup of the Combating International Islamophobia Act (H.R.5665) which was recently introduced by Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky. AMP joined CAIR and over 40 other organizations in signing a letter that requests all members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee vote to approve the Combating International Islamophobia Act without any adding amendments that would dilute or hinder the legislation's intended purpose. Read the full letter here. This bill would drive the State Department to generate a more comprehensive approach to fighting the international increase of Islamophobia, expanding its capacity to monitor and confront state and non-state actors worldwide and providing a safer environment for American Muslims. The two primary aims of the Combating International Islamophobia Act are: 1) Establishing an Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia at the State Department headed by a Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Islamophobia. 2) Amending the Foreign Assistance Act and International Religious Freedom Act to require annual reporting on Islamophobia in each foreign country and the steps taken by that country to combat it through educational programming and public awareness initiatives. Given the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric, bigotry, and violence fueled by political parties, transnational white supremacists, Hindutva (transnational Hinduness), and Islamophobic hate group networks, this bill would be a critical step towards combatting the further increase of this hate and ensuring the protection of the human rights of Muslims all over the world. | 
