| By NoWMDs - Nov 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pm EST |
Categories: Equality / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties / Privacy, Peace & Social Justice, Crime & Penal Reform, Religion
Today on DenverPost.com, Vincent Carroll wrote: "Shouldn't this country's experience after 9/11 reassure those who fear a backlash against Muslims?... The most recent data, from 2007...: Of 1,477 offenses motivated by religious bias, only 9 percent were directed at Muslims."
Peter Boyles was echoing the "there has been no Anti-Muslim backlash" mantra. They seems to be ignoring the rest of the FBI Religious Hate Crimes data:
Year - % of Religious Hate Crimes that were Anti-Islamic
1996 - 1.9% (page 11)
1997 - 2.0% (page 10)
1998 - 1.5% (page 10)
1999 - 2.3% (page 9)
2000 - 1.9% (page 11)
2001 - 26% <-- I'd call this a "backlash"
2002 - 10.8% (page 13)
2003 - 11% (page 9)
2007 - 9.0% (last year available)
Muslims in America were 0.5% of total U.S. population in 2001 (Jewish was 1.4%). In 2007, Muslims made up 0.6% of total U.S. population (Jewish was 1.7%).
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