US national strategy against Islamophobia

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The White House is launching a national strategy to counter Islamophobia which has spiked since the war broke out.

It says the strategy will ensure that “every American has the freedom to live their lives in safety and without fear for how they pray, what they believe, and who they are”.

The Associated Press quotes a Muslim community leader in Chicago saying that the initiative would be “dead on arrival” with the Muslim community until the President condemned calls for the eradication of Palestinians from Gaza and apologised for saying he had “no confidence” in Hamas’ death counts from Israeli strikes.