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Anti-Muslim Bias
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: March 27, 2011 11:21AM
I was a little surprised by this figure from CNN
"Let's start with the national numbers: 8.4 percent of religious hate crimes in America were anti-Muslim in 2009 (the most recent date for which statistics are available). By contrast, that same year, nearly 72 percent of religious hate crimes in America were anti-Jewish (Muslims in America faced 107 incidents of bias in 2009; Jews faced 931).
This pattern has remained fairly consistent over the past decade. For example, in 2002, 10.5 percent of the religious bias crimes in America were anti-Muslim while 65% were anti-Jewish; in 2006 (just to pick another post- 9/11/2001 year), 11.9 percent of the religious bias crimes in America were anti-Muslim while 65.4 percent were anti-Jewish. (It is worth noting here that exact statistics on the Muslim population in America are hard to assess -- estimates range from 2.6 million to 7 million, a number President Obama cited -- the Jewish population is generally agreed upon at about 6.5 million)."
If I read this information correctly,Jews are at least 4 to 5 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than Muslims.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/26/bennett.muslim.hearing/index.html?npt=NP1
"Let's start with the national numbers: 8.4 percent of religious hate crimes in America were anti-Muslim in 2009 (the most recent date for which statistics are available). By contrast, that same year, nearly 72 percent of religious hate crimes in America were anti-Jewish (Muslims in America faced 107 incidents of bias in 2009; Jews faced 931).
This pattern has remained fairly consistent over the past decade. For example, in 2002, 10.5 percent of the religious bias crimes in America were anti-Muslim while 65% were anti-Jewish; in 2006 (just to pick another post- 9/11/2001 year), 11.9 percent of the religious bias crimes in America were anti-Muslim while 65.4 percent were anti-Jewish. (It is worth noting here that exact statistics on the Muslim population in America are hard to assess -- estimates range from 2.6 million to 7 million, a number President Obama cited -- the Jewish population is generally agreed upon at about 6.5 million)."
If I read this information correctly,Jews are at least 4 to 5 times more likely to be a victim of a hate crime than Muslims.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/03/26/bennett.muslim.hearing/index.html?npt=NP1
Re: Anti-Muslim Bias
Posted by:
Wracist
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Date: March 27, 2011 11:41AM
But lets have the anti-muslim hearing anyway because that is what Libs do best...make a big deal out of almost nothing and of course spin, spin, spin...
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Re: Anti-Muslim Bias
Posted by:
ThePackLeader
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Date: March 27, 2011 05:46PM
Yet, if you listen to the spin from the Muslim lobby, they'd make you believe that they were the foremost victims of malice in this country, and in this world.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).