Published by
Al-Araby
Al-Araby
A US coalition of Muslim organisations has issued an appeal for President Joe Biden to institute a new role to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which they fear is on the rise around the globe. The US Council of Muslim Organisations (USCMO), an umbrella organisation that unites over 80 Muslim groups, called for the creation of an envoy position to signal that anti-Muslim sentiment will not be tolerated. “From here in America to France to China to Myanmar to India, anti-Muslim bigotry plays an interconnected threat to Muslims worldwide,” the organisation said in a letter, initially sent to the W…