Attacks and hatred against Muslims have reportedly increased in the United States
The civil rights organization CAIR in the United States has announced that complaints of discrimination and hate speech against Muslims have increased in the country by approximately 180 percent.
The stabbing death of a 6-year-old American citizen of Palestinian origin in Illinois, and the shooting of three Palestinian youths in Vermont are examples of hate attacks targeting Muslims and Palestinians in the United States, which the Council on American Relations and Islam (CAIR) announced yesterday Monday that they have increased by 178 percent in the last quarter of 2023 compared to the same period of the previous year. The Washington-based civil rights group and other human rights organizations have warned of a sharp increase in complaints of discrimination and hate speech against Muslims in the United States and elsewhere. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has noted that it has received 3,578 complaints since the start of the war in Gaza and says this is "a continuing wave of hatred against Muslims and Palestinians." Wadea al-Fayoume, the Muslim child who was stabbed to death in the United States It will also be remembered that, on January 23, pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked at Columbia University with a chemical smell bomb during a demonstration against Israeli brutality in Gaza. The Council on American-Islamic Relations condemned the attack and said it was an example of increasing violence against Muslims and supporters of Palestine in the United States. At the same time, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has issued a statement condemning the accusations made by the former speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, against the defenders of the Palestinian people and said that they are reminiscent of the harassment and pain that were inflicted on the opponents of the War of Vietnam in the United States.
