The Council on American Islam Relations (CAIR) held a press conference in San Diego to address the increasing incidents of anti-Muslim hate. They reported a significant rise in complaints across the nation, with San Diego experiencing a 300% increase. The incidents affect various aspects of life, including employment discrimination, hate crimes in the community, and discrimination against students. CAIR aims to share their side of the story and present supporting statistics.
The Council on American Islam Relations held a hews conference in San Diego to draw attention to what it's calling a spike in anti-Muslim hate.
“8,061 complaints were filed for anti-Muslim incidents across the nation," said Tazheen Nizam, the executive director at CAIR San Diego."In San Diego alone, our increase has been 300%, and a majority of these cases have been happening in the last three months of the year, since Oct. 7.” CAIR San Diego and speakers hosted by the organization stressed that the incidents impact every facet of life.“A lot of the cases that we receive in our office reflect employment discrimination — hate incidents happening in the community against businesses – against students in K–12 and college campuses,” Nizam said.
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