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Heidi Beirich // Trump's anti-Muslim words and policies have consequences | Southern Poverty Law Center

4.5.18

Trump's anti-Muslim words and policies have consequences | Southern Poverty Law Center: In 2017, anti-Muslim hate groups rose for a third straight year, coinciding with Trump’s campaign and presidency. They increased from 101 chapters to 114 in 2017 – growth that comes after the groups tripled in number a year earlier.

Anti-Muslim hate crimes have also risen. The most recent FBI report showed a more than 19 increase in 2016. And a newly released study by the Council on American-Islamic Relations reports that they rose further in 2017.

They’re crimes like the one that occurred last May 25 on a Portland, Oregon, commuter train, where self-proclaimed white supremacist Jeremy Joseph Christian stabbed two men to death after they intervened while he was harassing two women with anti-Muslim epithets.


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