70% increase in violence against American Muslims in the first half of 2024.
According to the Reuters news agency, the Council for the Advancement of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced today Tuesday: Discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians in the first half of 2024 amid the intensification of Islamophobia due to Israel’s war (regime) against Gaza is about 70 The percentage has increased.
According to this media, human rights advocates have reported a global increase in Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian prejudices, and anti-Semitism since the height of the Zionist regime’s war against the oppressed people of Gaza in October last year.
In this regard, the Council for the Support of American-Islamic Relations added that in the first six months of 2024, it received 4,951 complaints about incidents against Muslims and against Palestinians, which has increased by nearly 70% compared to the same period in 2023.
According to Reuters, the agency reported that most of the complaints were related to issues related to immigration and asylum, employment discrimination, educational discrimination, and hate crimes.
In 2023, the Council on American-Islamic Relations recorded 8061 such complaints throughout the year.