American Hindu body urges US Congress to reject ‘Hinduphobic’ resolution by Ilhan Omar

A US-based Hindu body urged the US Congress to reject the “Hinduphobic” resolution introduced by American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.

A US-based Hindu body on Friday urged the US Congress to reject the “Hinduphobic” resolution introduced by American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar this week, asserting that it “unfairly and dishonestly” condemns India’s human rights record.

Co-sponsored by lawmakers Rashida Talib and Juan Vargas, the resolution urges the State Department to act on the recommendations of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) under the International Religious Freedom Act.

The USCIRF's recommendations are not binding on the State Department and for the past several years successive American administrations have ignored such recommendations.

"With House Resolution 1196, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is clearly taking talking points from Jamaat-e-Islami and Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups, which is extremely troubling to see from an elected official who has sworn an oath of loyalty to the United States Constitution,” said HinduPact executive director Utsav Chakrabarti.

Omar is a politically controversial Democratic Congresswoman from Minnesota, who has been called out internationally in the past for her anti-Semitic remarks, HinduPact said.

“This is not the first time nor will it be the last time she shows her anti-Hindu and anti-Indian bias while revealing her ties to Pakistan. In April, Omar visited Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) following a photo op with former Prime Minister Imran Khan,” it said.

The same month, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), released a biased report. Omar heavily references this biased report in her malicious resolution, the body said in a statement.