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 Before Trump takes charge, Biden administration announces strategy to counter 'anti-muslim Islamophobia'

A strategy to combat Islamophobia was recently announced by the Biden administration in the United States. According to the White House, the initiative was launched in response the increased level of concern regarding anti-Muslim sentiments and hate committed against Muslim-concentrated communities. A broader commitment to diversity, equality, inclusion, and anti-discrimination underlies the strategy. It is to be implemented via advanced data collection regarding hate crimes, expansion of public education about the Muslim religion, and a more active involvement of certain social groups in the dialogue. In general, the endeavor fits the strategy line pursued by the administration to protect civil rights and promote the well-being of disadvantaged social cohorts. Nevertheless, such a motion split society in terms of perceptions. Proponents welcomed the long-awaited strategy to counter Islamophobia, while opponents fear the administration’s real interest, assuming that the strategy served as a stabilizer of the electorate’s vulnerability on the eve of Biden’s departure.

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Key Objectives and Focus Areas

The strategy is built on four core pillars:

  1. Raise awareness:  Improve the public’s perception of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab hatred and acknowledge the importance of these communities in American society.

 2. Ensure safety and security:  Introduce targeted policies to shield the most at-risk communities.

 3. Reduce discrimination:  Advocate for the imposition of accommodation of religion-based laws and addressing biases in federally funded activities.

 4. Increase standing:  Propel better cross-community relationships to basically counter hatred and discrimination. The plan also enhances data collection efforts and initiates educational programs that promote awareness. It is designed to offer hate crime reporting best practices and specifies that discrimination against Muslim and Arab Americans in federally funded programs is illegal. Additionally, states, local authorities, and international partners, and NGOs should be encouraged to take comparable actions.

While many have praised the strategy as a long-overdue move, many advocacy organizations have simultaneously expressed concern. The Council on American-Islamic Relations  stated, “The White House strategy includes a number of positive recommendations concerning anti-Muslim bigotry, unfortunately, the strategy has been released too late to make a significant difference.” The group also argues that the strategy does not address what it terms systematic problems, such as federal watchlists and broader U.S. policies that have perpetuated discrimination.

Jim Zogby, the Arab American Institute’s founder, was pleased with the anti-Arab hate’s integration into the strategy. Nevertheless, he expressed concern that it was not there to stay and predicted that the technology would soon disowned by the incoming Trump administration. The latter would be a major concern since the released strategy appears to resemble a similar September 2023 one on combating anti-Semitism. The concern about the strategy’s future was further compounded by the time when it was released. The release occurred simultaneously with the presidential power transfer to the president-elect, Donald Trump, who has already implemented the policy that has been characterized by intense Islamophobia. On a recent occasion, he vowed to deny entry to all individuals who question the State of Israel’s right to exist and prescribe anti-Semitism to foreign students who have been denied visas.