Another US lawmaker posts Islamophobic views
2026-03-11 - 03:14
ANOTHER US lawmaker has sparked controversy by expressing Islamophobic views, prompting a backlash from fellow lawmakers and Muslim groups, NBC News and NPR reported. The incendiary remarks came as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) warned that record high Islamophobia in the US in 2025 was driven — in part — by President Donald Trump’s crackdown against pro-Palestinian protests and immigration. In a post on X, Republican Congressman from Tennessee Andy Ogles wrote “Pluralism is a lie, Muslims don’t belong in American society”. Ogles, a member of the hard-right Freedom Caucus, has previously called for a “Muslim ban” and plans to propose legislation to ban entry to the US from a set of Muslim-majority countries. Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests and immigration drove Islamophobia to record high in 2023, says CAIR In an earlier post to X (formerly Twitter) on Feb 17, 2026, Rep. Ogles wrote, “No more public displays of Islam please. It is not American.” His post comes on the heels of other House Republicans making Islamophobic comments on social media. Few, if any, Congressional Republicans reacted publicly to any of the posts. But Congressional Democrats were quick to denounce it. “Disgusting Islamophobes like you do not belong in Congress or in civilised society,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., posted to social media in response to