The Center for Security Policy today released a revised edition of their groundbreaking longitudinal study, Religious Bias Crimes 2000-2009: Muslim, Jewish and Christian Victims - Debunking the Myth of a Growing Trend in Muslim Victimization, based on FBI statistics reported annually in the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The Center’s study contradicts the assertions that religious bias crimes against Muslims have increased, and that the alleged cause is widespread “Islamophobia” in America. In fact, the study shows that religious bias crimes – also known as hate crimes – against Muslim Americans, measured by the categories of incidents, offenses or victims, have remained relatively low with a downward trend since 2001, and are significantly less than the numbers of bias crimes against Jewish victims.
The Center’s study also contradicts the assumption of increased hate crimes against Muslims which has been asserted by Senator Richard Durbin’s (D-IL) Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution, and is the topic of hearings being held today. Printed copies of the study were delivered to each member of the U.S. Senate early this morning.
Not Muslims, contrary to what the inflammatory left would like you to believe. It’s the Jews, and it’s not even close.
Now I know this isn’t a scoreboard and I’m not saying we should be tallying the hate crimes to prove that they’re good, bad, or happening to people we “like” or “dislike,” it’s just that the consistent drumbeat by opportunist politicians (like the aforementioned and appropriately named Dick Durbin) are just continually making stuff up about Muslim victimization while ignoring actual victimization because it’s not politically expedient to do so.
Go read the story. Educate yourself. It makes laughing at the hucksters so much easier!