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2023 Saw The "Worst Wave Of Anti-Muslim Hate," Advocacy Group's Report Finds
Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year, after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
April 3, 2024
CHICAGO (CBS) – Last year was "the worst wave of anti-Muslim hate," according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
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CAIR received more than 8,000 complaints of anti-Muslim incidents last year, the highest ever in the organization's history. The group released its annual civil rights report on Tuesday.
CAIR, the largest Muslim advocacy group in the country, received more than 500 complaints in Illinois alone and the complaints surged after the beginning of the war in Gaza.
