The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has recorded a total of 10,015 “anti-Muslim bias incidents” since 2014.<\/p>\n
In the report , the U.S.\u2019s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy body said the trend shows a steady increase in the number of the incidents but saw an initial hike after Donald Trump entered election races in 2015.<\/p>\n
the report indicates “Not only did the number of bias incidents increase, the violent nature of the incidents also jumped,”<\/p>\n
It added “From 2014 through June of 2019, CAIR chapters across the country recorded a total of 1,164 anti-Muslim hate crimes, including physical assault and property damage.”<\/p>\n
CAIR chapters reported 2,783 incidents that involved federal government agencies.<\/p>\n
The highest spike in bias incidents occurred in 2017 with 2,599.<\/p>\n
“This can be attributed to the Muslim Ban Executive Order, which was signed within the first 10 days of the Trump presidency,” it said.<\/p>\n
In the first half of this year, CAIR recorded 759 anti-Muslim bias incidents.<\/p>\n
The report identifies recorded 506 anti-mosque incidents, including damage, destruction and vandalism to property, and the most frequent type of abuse as harassment, after employment discrimination, bullying, intimidating, among others.<\/p>\n
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