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

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

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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - Complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate in the US rose by about 180 per cent in the three months after Oct. 7 following Hamas’ attack on Israel. — Reuters file pic

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 — Complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian discrimination and hate in the US rose by about 180 per cent 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 today.

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

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today 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 per cent rise from complaints in the same period from a year earlier.

Complaints of employment discrimination led the list with 662 instances; hate crimes and hate incidents were reported 472 times; and education discrimination 448 times, the organisation said.

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Earlier this month, the Anti-Defamation League said that in the three months after Oct. 7, US antisemitic incidents rose by 360 per cent compared to the prior year.

Context: US security alerts

The US government recently issued security guidance for faith-based communities amid heightened antisemitism and Islamophobia since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that killed 1,200, and Israel’s subsequent military retaliation in Gaza that the local health ministry says has killed over 26,000 Palestinians or more than 1 per cent of Gaza’s 2.3 million population.

The US Justice Department is monitoring rising threats against Jews and Muslims amid the conflict. President Joe Biden has condemned antisemitism and Islamophobia. — Reuters

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