US House of Representatives Passes Islamophobia Bill

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota's 5th District proposed a bill that will require the United States of America to "COMBAT INTERNATIONAL ISLAMOPHOBIA." This bill passed the House without one Republican vote in favor  the vote was 219 to 212.  

Sadly, this legislation somehow passed without any definition of Islamophobia be given.  This bill shown below can be found on https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5665/text

H. R. 5665

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

December 15, 2021

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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AN ACT

To establish in the Department of State the Office to Monitor and Combat Islamophobia, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Combating International Islamophobia Act”.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT ISLAMOPHOBIA.

Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

“SEC. 64. MONITORING AND COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA.

“(a) Office To Monitor And Combat Islamophobia.—

This bill that passed by a 100% Democratic Party vote establishes an office without a purpose since Islamophobia is not defined! The question remains then what definition will they use? Since this possible legislation was lauded by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, this June 2022. What is their actual definition of Islamophobia?

CAIR defines Islamophobia on their site as:

    Islamophobia is close-minded prejudice against or hatred of Islam and Muslims.

    Islamophobic acts are directed at Islam or Muslims in general. Anti-Muslim                         discrimination is directed at a specific individual, institution or group of individuals.

    An Islamophobe is an individual who holds a closed-minded view of Islam and promotes        prejudice against or hatred of Muslims.

Interestingly CAIR goes and clarifies that they are not trying to implement Shariah in this respect by stating on the same site that:

    Questioning Islam or Muslims 

is not Islamophobia

    It is not appropriate to label all, or even the majority of those, who question Islam and                Muslims as Islamophobes. Equally, it is not Islamophobic to denounce crimes committed by      individual Muslims or those claiming Islam as a motivation for their actions.

    “A critical study of Islam or Muslims is not Islamphobic,” former CAIR Research Director             Mohamed Nimer wrote in 2007. “Likewise, a disapproving analysis of American history and      government is not anti-American… One can disagree with Islam or with what some                 Muslims do without having to be hateful.”

    “I would be careful to remind my Muslim friends not to characterize anyone who is opposed     to the Ground Zero center as a racist or bigot,” said a conservative political activist during         an interview for this report. “My argument is there [are a few Islamophobes] … but the vast      majority of Americans are people who’ve been misinformed, who don’t know the truth and      don’t know the real facts.”

If this type of definition is what would define Islamophobia, almost no one accept actors of violence against Islam would be declared "Islamophobic."  Usama Dakdok asked if there was a definition that would declare reading the Quran Islamophobic. I had to say yes.  I discovered this particular definition because CAIR on their own site declared that "A critical study of Islam or Muslims is not Islamophobic." CAIR has a history of stating one thing when they speak to those they know who are not Islamic, and the opposite to those who follow Islam. This caused me to do a simple websearch using the parameters, +"Council on American Islamic Relations" Islamophobia.

As a result I discovered Islamophobia.org which is sponsored by CAIR. On their Islamophobia 101  they have definition of Islam that could actually outlaw reading the Quran, and the Sunnah, 

Institutionalized Islamophobia: “Institutionalized Islamophobia is a   phenomenon meant to articulate contrived hate and fear of Muslims that is built into structures of the state and society for the pursuit of power and the justification of war and repression. Islamophobia is based on the social construction of Islam as violent, barbaric, uncivilized, and opposed to normative democratic values. ...

If this definition is accepted it would be considered Islamophobic to read the last things said of Muhammad in the Quran, the Hadiths, Islamic histories such as Al-Tabari's histories published by the State University on New York and the Sirats which are the biographies of Muhammad. Why? Because these documents declare Islam to be violent by themselves.

For example, Surah 9:29 states:

Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid, nor believe in the religion of the truth among those who have been given the book until they pay the jizya out of hand and they are subdued." Under CAIR's last definition the Quran would be declared Islamophobic.  

There are close to 200 verses proclaiming violence against non-Muslims in the Quran. The Hadiths, Sirats, and Islamic histories constantly portray Islam as violent. Migrants in Europe get arrested for sexually assaulting non-Muslim women and act confused as a defense to proclaim it is lawful in their country, should they also be proclaimed Islamophobic. 

Every Muslim is required when paying Zakat to donate 12.5% of their gift to Jihad. Should all Muslim following Shariah now be declared Islamophobic? According to the last definition, Muslims will suffer far more than Muslims.

But let's get back into the proposed law.

(b) Purpose Of Office.—Upon establishment, the Office shall assume primary responsibility for the following:

“(1) Monitoring and combating acts of Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement that occur in foreign countries.

“(2) Coordinating and assisting in the preparation of that portion of the reports required by paragraph (9) of section 116(d) and subsection (k) of section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d) and 2304) relating to an assessment and description of the nature and extent of acts of Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement.

“(3) Coordinating and assisting in the preparation of that portion of the report required by clause (viii) of section 102(b)(1)(A) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)(A)) relating to an assessment and description of the nature and extent of acts of Islamophobia and Islamophobic incitement.

“(c) Consultations.—The Special Envoy shall consult with domestic and international nongovernmental organizations and multilateral organizations and institutions, as the Special Envoy considers appropriate, to carry out this section.”

This legislation would require military application since the word combat is used. Only the US military is used in combat. Think about this. It would be free reign by the State Department to enforce ISLAM!

Worse still are the "consultations." Domestic entities that exist have been exposed as issuing reports on Islamophobia with proven false narratives as actual counted acts of Islamophobia, CAIR, Bridges, and SJP's work on this is continually being exposed. All of these stated organizations are part of the Muslim Brotherhood. The federal courts received testimony and evidence as to their connections to the Muslim Brotherhood in this in 2007. 

What makes this worse is the consultations with Multilateral organizations. This is required consultations with the UN, the Organization of Islamic States, and more. This would force the USA to enforce Shariah if the OIC declares Islamophobia as a resistance to shariah.

THIS IS DANGEROUS! It gives Islam special privileges that no other faith in the USA has at present.