On Tuesday America According to data released by the Organization of Muslims at the end of last year Israel After the attacks on Mt Islamophobia And discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians in the U.S. due to bigotry reached an all-time high in 2023.
According to Reuters, a total of 8,061 anti-Muslim complaints were received in 2023, a 56 percent increase from the year before and the most since the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) was launched nearly 30 years ago. There are more.
About 3,600 of these incidents occurred between October and December 2023, CAIR says.
Incidents in the United States include the fatal shooting of six-year-old Palestinian-American Vidya Al-Fayum in Illinois in October, the shooting deaths of three Palestinian-American students in Vermont in November, and a Palestinian-American man in Texas in February. Involves a knife attack.
The CAIR report states that 2023 saw an “increase in hate (attacks) against Muslims” after a first-time decline in annual complaints in 2022. In the first nine months of 2023, the average number of such incidents was 500 per month, while the number increased to 1,200 per month in the last quarter.
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The report states that ‘the main reason behind the rising tide of Islamophobia is that in October 2023, Israel and Palestine There was an increase in violence within.
CAIR says the most complaints in 2023 were in the categories of immigration, employment discrimination, hate crimes and educational discrimination.
The Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 1,200 people were killed, according to Israeli figures.
But since then, more than 32,000 Palestinians, most of whom are women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the mountain.
While about 2.3 million people of Gaza have been displaced due to Israeli aggression and Gaza has reached the brink of starvation.
CAIR said it compiled the data by reviewing public statements and videos, as well as public calls, emails and reports from an online complaint system. He contacted people whose incidents were reported in the media.
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2024-09-27 02:04:15
