Anti-Muslim incidents jump in US amid Israel-Gaza war

Source: Reuters

Anti-Muslim incidents jump in US amid Israel-Gaza war

By Kanishka Singh
January 28, 2024 11:03 PM EST Updated 18 hours ago

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate in the U.S. rose by about 180% in the three months after Oct. 7 following Hamas' attack on Israel and Israel's subsequent assault on Hamas-governed Gaza, an advocacy group said on Monday.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

Rights advocates have noted a rise in Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian bias in the U.S. and elsewhere since the eruption of war in the Middle East. Among incidents in the U.S. that raised alarm were a November shooting, opens new tab in Vermont where three students of Palestinian descent were shot and the fatal stabbing, opens new tab of a 6-year-old Palestinian American child in Illinois in October.

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said on Monday it has received 3,578 complaints during the last three months of 2023, amid what it called "an ongoing wave of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian hate."

The figure is a 178% rise from complaints in the same period from a year earlier.

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