PRESIDENT BIDEN TO BATTLE ISLAMOPHOBIA

BIDEN TO COMBAT ISLAMAPHOBIA

By: Derek Varsalona

I applaud President Biden for trying to combat Islamophobia.   But there really is nothing President Biden can do about this.  Islamophobia is a freedom of speech issue.  You have the right in America to have racist thoughts.  You have the freedom of speech to speak racist thoughts and print racist thoughts.  You do not have the right to act out on those racist thoughts or injure or kill someone for your prejudice. 

President Biden used the wrong occasion to combat Islamophobia.  If he wanted to make an impact he should have brought up September 11, 2001.  That would resonate more than with the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Center in New Zealand.  First, this was not even an American institution and he used a foreign land.  I think this shows that President Biden forgot about the importance of September 11, 2001, as an infamous day in America.  It shows disregard for the victims of September 11, 2001.  For an American President to not remember that event is atrocious.  

President Biden is right that Muslims face prosecution.  But he is wrong in why.  It is not because of their religion of Islam.  This is because many people of the Islamic Muslim faith are disproportionally involved in terrorism as Islamic fundamentalists.  Not all Muslims are fundamentalists.  But in recent years most of the crimes against Christians, Jews, and other religious sects come from Islamic fundamentalists.   It is wrong to hate anyone.  But I do believe that certain people if not all people use some sort of prejudice as a defense mechanism in society. It is part of human nature. 

President Bind is right to combat Islamophobia.  I applaud the efforts.  However, this should be used as a guide for the local governments rather than by the federal government. The federal government can set up the policy.  However, the local government should have the power to use the policy and enact it how they wish.  As always comments accepted.

President Biden to Battle Islamaphobia
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Friday, March 15, 2024

Source: President Joseph R. Biden. “ Statement from President Joe Biden on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.” The Whitehouse. Washington, DC: Friday, March 15, 2024. 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/15/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-international-day-to-combat-islamophobia/