LE MYTHE DE L'ISLAMOPHOBIE

The ‘Islamophobia’ myth

Posted on December 13, 2010
by creepingsharia

More on those FBI “hate” crime stats, excerpted via The ‘Islamophobia’ myth – The Boston Globe.

America is many things, but “Islamophobic’’ plainly isn’t one of them. As Time itself acknowledged: “Polls have shown that most Muslims feel safer and freer in the US than anywhere else in the Western world.’’ That sentiment is powerfully buttressed by the FBI’s newly released statistics on hate crimes in the United States.

In 2009, according to data gathered from more than 14,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide, there were 1,376 hate crimes motivated by religious bias. Of those, just 9.3 percent — fewer than 1 in 10 — were committed against Muslims. By contrast, 70.1 percent were committed against Jews, 6.9 percent were aimed at Catholics or Protestants, and 8.6 percent targeted other religions.

Hate crimes driven by anti-Muslim bigotry were outnumbered nearly 8 to 1 by anti-Semitic crimes.

Year after year, American Jews are far more likely to be the victims of religious hate crime than members of any other group. That was true even in 2001, by far the worst year for anti-Muslim incidents, when 481 were reported — less than half of the 1,042 anti-Jewish crimes tabulated by the FBI the same year.

It’s actually closer to 9 to 1, but who’s counting? Read it all or check out our posts on the topic here and here.

After you’ve reviewed the evidence, read How the Term “Islamophobia” Got Shoved Down Your Throat.

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