Tuesday, November 17, 2015

What Islamophobia? Most Religious Hate crimes in America directed towards Jews

The FBI's latest report on Hate Crimes in America is out.  Of crimes associated with a religious bias, nearly 57% were directed towards Jews.  
Of the 1,140 victims of anti-religious hate crimes:
  • 56.8 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders’ anti-Jewish bias.
  • 16.1 percent were victims of anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias.
  • 6.2 percent were victims of bias against groups of individuals of varying religions (anti-multiple religions, group).
  • 6.1 percent were victims of anti-Catholic bias.
  • 2.5 percent were victims of anti-Protestant bias.
  • 1.2 percent were victims of anti-Atheist/Agnostic bias.
  • 11.0 percent were victims of bias against other religions (anti-other religion). 
Read the entire report  for 2014 here

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