The number of Islamophobic incidents in the United States nearly doubled in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year following the election of President Donald Trump, according to a leading Muslim advocacy group.
More than 940 anti-Muslim hate crimes and bias incidents were reported between April and June of 2017, an increase of 91 percent, according to a report released Monday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
CAIR said so far this year, this has the worst year on record for anti-Muslim incidents since the group began its documenting system in 2013.
“The presidential election campaign and the Trump administration have tapped into a seam of bigotry and hate that has resulted in the targeting of American Muslims and other minority groups,” said Zainab Arain, a CAIR coordinator working to monitor and combat Islamophobia.
“If acts of bias impacting the American Muslim community continue as they have been,…