Muslim state senator introduces Virginia bill defining Islamophobia as hate crime in assault cases
Virginia senator introduces bill to criminalize Islamophobia as hate crime, targeting malicious prejudice against Islam and Muslims in assault cases.
A Bengali-American state senator from Virginia has introduced a bill to criminalize Islamophobia.
The bill, introduced by state Sen. Saddam Azlan Salim, would define “Islamophobia” “as it relates t…