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The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is launching a national strategy to combat Islamophobia.
The move, which the administration described as the first-ever strategy to counter Islamophobia and anti-Arab hatred, comes just over a year after Hamas’ unprovoked attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which Spikes of anti-Semitic protests followed. and anti-Semitism throughout the United States.
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“The very idea of America is that we are all created equal and deserve to be treated equally throughout our lives,” President Biden said in a statement posted on social media. “This Strategy is a historic step to live up to our ideals. Let us walk together, defending those ideals and promoting our collective prosperity.”
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The Biden administration announced Thursday that it is launching a national strategy to combat Islamophobia. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
The goal of the strategy is to “address the bias, discrimination and threats that Muslim and Arab Americans have long faced,” the White House said in a statement, noting that threats against Muslim and Arab communities in the United States increased during the last year.
“In October 2023, 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a Muslim American boy of Palestinian descent, was brutally murdered in his home in Illinois, and over the past year, there have been other serious attacks against Muslims and Arab Americans.” the statement said.
Oday Alfayoumi and others carry the casket of his son, Wadee Alfayoumi, for burial at Parkholm Cemetery in La Grange Park, Illinois, on October 16, 2023. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The White House noted that President Biden established an interagency group in December 2022 to fight anti-Semitism and Islamophobia. Last year, the administration released the first National Strategy to Combat Anti-Semitism.
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An anti-Israel sign at Columbia University in New York City on April 27, 2024. (Reuters/Caitlin Ochs)
The strategy to combat Islamophobia will focus on raising awareness of anti-Arab hatred, improving security, addressing discrimination, adapting to religious practices and building solidarity between communities.
Anti-Semitic incidents reached record levels after the October 7 attack on Israel and the continuing war with Hamas.
People protest during the 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on November 28, 2024. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
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Just this week, Columbia University students began distributing a newspaper that had articles like “Zionist Peace Means Palestinian Blood” and “The Myth of the Two-State Solution,” and anti-Israel protesters disrupted the Thanksgiving Day parade. from Macy’s last month.
