Discrimination against Muslims in the US increased by 9% in 2021 compared to the previous year, according to a report released Monday by a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.
Officials from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) held a press conference to release the findings of the report, titled “Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia.”
According to the report, CAIR received 6,720 complaints nationwide last year involving a range of issues including immigration, travel discrimination, law enforcement and government overreach, hate and bias incidents, custody rights, school incidents and free speech incidents.
“This represents the highest number of cases reported to CAIR in 27 years. This milestone is alarming,” Anadolu Agency
