The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the biggest Muslim advocacy group within the U.S., introduced that anti-Muslim complaints hit the very best stage in 2023.
The Muslim civil rights group stated it obtained 8,061 complaints nationwide final yr, marking the very best it has ever recorded in its 30-year historical past.
“We received 3,578 of those complaints between October 1 and December 31. In other words, nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year,” stated the report.
That interval was marked by an escalation of hostilities by Israel within the Gaza Strip after an Oct. 7 assault by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, in opposition to southern Israel.
“The primary force behind this wave of heightened Islamophobia was the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine in October 2023,” stated CAIR.
The 2023 wave of anti-Muslim incidents, a 56% bounce in comparison with the earlier yr, surpassed the interval following the implementation of former President Donald Trump’s Muslim ban in 2017, which noticed a 32% bounce in opposition to the earlier yr.
The report stated the highest-recorded variety of complaints beforehand occurred in 2021, however the variety of complaints in 2023 marks a 20% improve from the 6,720 complaints reported in 2021.
“At 1,637 complaints, immigration and asylum cases comprised 20% of total complaints received in 2023. Employment discrimination (1,201 complaints, or 15%), education discrimination (688 complaints, or 8.5%), and hate crimes and incidents (607 complaints, or 7.5%) are among the highest reported categories,” it stated.
More than 32,800 Palestinians have been killed and 75,300 injured amid mass destruction and shortages of requirements since Israel started its onslaught in opposition to Gaza.
Israel has additionally imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza, leaving its inhabitants, significantly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of hunger.
The Israeli conflict has pushed 85% of Gaza’s inhabitants into inner displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and medication, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, in response to the UN.
Israel is accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, which final Thursday requested it to do extra to forestall famine in Gaza.
Source: www.dailysabah.com