Joe Biden admits growing hatred against Islam in the United States

Speaking on the International Day against Islamophobia, Biden said, "we are well aware of the hatred faced by Muslims around the world, often due to their religious beliefs and the rise of vile Islamophobia following the devastating war in Gaza." He claimed that hatred against Islam has no place in America. In addition to these claims, American Muslims are faced with the difficult situation of fear of attack, open discrimination, violence and acts of violence in their daily lives.

The acknowledgment of the President of the United States about the increase of hatred against Islam in the country, especially after the start of the Gaza war, can be evaluated in the perspective of the events that happen every day in that country against Muslims. Undoubtedly, hatred against Islam increased rapidly during the administration of Donald Trump, the former president of the country, who has strong views of hatred against Islam and Muslims.

Human rights organizations have compared the spread of hatred against Islam after the al-Aqsa storm operation on October 7 with the accusations against Muslims after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced that during the last three months of 2023, 578 complaints about hatred against Muslims and Palestinians were reported. That number increased by 178 percent compared to the same period the previous year.

One of the most blatant and brutal acts of anti-Muslim hatred since the Gaza war was the killing of a 6-year-old Palestinian child and the wounding of his mother by a right-wing extremist in Illinois in mid-month. October 2023, one week after starting the war. According to the police, the son was stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield by the 71-year-old Joseph Chuba and died in the hospital. His 32-year-old mother was also stabbed several times. The cruel is a big supporter of the Zionist regime. The crime was so brutal that even the White House had to condemn it.

The great crime against a Muslim mother and her child in Chicago occurred due to the growing atmosphere of hatred against American Muslims in the shadow of the war between the Zionist regime and the Palestinian resistance groups. The crime shows the spread of extreme positions and discriminatory violence caused by hatred, especially against Islam and Muslims in the United States. In relation to that, Christopher Ray, Director of the FBI, has warned about the increase in extremism and said: 'There is no doubt that threats are increasing.'

Considering the growing trend of threats and hatred against Muslims in the United States, the Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for an end to hatred against Islam and Palestine among American politicians and media. Hatred against Islam and Muslims in the United States, began to gain momentum after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and reached its peak during the presidency of Donald Trump, who has an open hatred against Islam and Muslims.

Currently, discrimination and physical and verbal violence against American Muslims has increased due to the strengthening of right-wing groups as well as the propaganda and media wars against Muslims, especially after the recent events in Palestine occupied by the Zionists. .

The hatred is carried out through things such as brutal attacks against Muslims, especially those who resemble the people of Muslim countries in West Asia, burning places of worship of Muslims, verbal attacks and threats against them and increasing hatred against Muslims in the media. of American news.