Significant increase in attacks and hate speech against Muslims in America
| A civil rights group announced Monday that complaints of discrimination and hate speech against Muslims and Palestinians in the United States have increased by about 180 percent. |
Fars News Agency International Group; The stabbing death of a six-year-old Palestinian-American child in Illinois and the shooting of three young Palestinians in Vermont are just two of the attacks against Muslims and Palestinians in the United States, which the Council on American-Islamic Relations announced on Monday increased 178 percent in the last quarter of 2023. compared to the same period of the previous year.
The Washington-based civil rights group and other human rights advocacy groups have sounded the alarm about a dramatic increase in complaints that They have spoken out against discrimination and hatred against Muslims in the United States and elsewhere.
Council on American-Islamic Relations said it received 3,578 complaints after the Al-Aqsa storm operation and the start of the war in Gaza, calling it “a continuing wave of anti-Muslim hatred.” and anti-Palestinians.
It was on the third of Bahman that pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked with a chemical bomb containing a bad smell in Columbia University during the demonstration against Israeli crimes in Gaza. were placed The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned this attack and said it is an example of the escalation of violence in America.
This organization announced in its new report that complaints related to job discrimination With 662 cases, it topped the list of complaints about incidents against Muslims, and 472 and 448 cases of hate crimes and cases of discrimination during education were recorded, respectively.
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