A recent report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom adds the OIC effort is based on domestic laws OIC members already exploit domestically to “intimidate and … detain” religious minorities.

Nevertheless, the administration wants to work with the OIC. Indeed, the cooperation has already begun. In September 2009, the United States “surprised” many in the Human Rights community by co-sponsoring a resolution with Egypt that condemned “negative religious stereotyping,” “incitement to discrimination,” and the “promotion by certain media of false images and negative stereotypes.” News sources quoted American diplomats saying the measure was part of the Obama administration’s “effort to reach out to Muslim countries.”