Anti-Muslim incidents up 49 percent in U.S. Harassment, violence, discrimination
The largest U.S. Islamic civil rights organization has reported that acts of anti-Muslim discrimination increased by 49 percent last year.
A study by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations reported that 2004 saw 1,522 incidents of harassment, violence and discriminatory treatment, compared with 1,019 cases in 2003. Anti-Muslim hate crimes increased from 93 cases in 2003 to 141 in 2004. These numbers are the highest the organization has seen since its inception in 1994.