Each year the FBI publishes hate-crime statistics for the U.S. Targeting a victim because of their race, religion, sexual orientation or physical or mental disability is classified as a hate crime.
The good news is that the 2005 statistics show a drop of 6% in hate crimes.
The surprising news is that of the 1314 verified offenses motivated by religious bias, 68.5% were anti-Jewish, only 11.1 were anti-Muslim.
In a country of 300 million people, only 146 hate crimes took place against Muslims during the entire year of 2005.
Posted by Jill Fallon at October 23, 2006 3:49 PM | TrackBack | Permalink