Anti-Muslim Violence 70% Up: CAIR Annual Report

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WASHINGTON, May 3 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Muslims in the United States have been exposed to more than1 , 000incidents of violence, discrimination, profiling, or harassment during2003 , according to a report to be released Monday, May3 , by a prominent American Muslim civil rights group.

The ninth annual Muslim civil rights report "Unpatriotic Acts," issued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), showed an unprecedented increase of 70 percent of anti-Muslim violence over the previous year, U.S. daily the Washington Post said Monday.

"There are a number of factors, including government policies targeting Muslims and pro-war rhetoric in the beginning of2003 , that we believe led to this disturbing increase in Muslim civil rights complaints," said CAIR Research Director Dr. Mohamed Nimer, the report's author.

Details of the report and possible reasons for the jump in reported incidents will be outlined at CAIR's news conference. The report attributed also the increase of such factors as Muslim-bashing on radio talk shows and tensions surrounding the war in Iraq.

Anti-Muslim Violence 70% Up: CAIR Annual Report....

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1. Am i a psycho for thinking we are seriously resembling germany around 31

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2. not psycho at all, but my take is different

Every episode of tyranny and oppression ought to be understood in its own terms.

But it is striking how as a political culture we seem to have learned all the wrong lessons from the fascists.

Hm.

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3. Previously posted

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