FBI data: Hate crimes against Muslims rare

[roxiejules]

http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/27/2989095/fbi-data-hate-crimes-against-muslims.html

Hate crimes against Muslims are remain relatively rare.....Jews, lesbians, gay men and Caucasians, among others are all more frequently the target of hate crimes, FBI records show.

In 2008, 105 hates crime incidents against Muslims were reported nationwide. There were 10 times as many incidents that were recorded as anti-Jewish during the same year. All told, 7,783 reported hate crime incidents occurred in 2008.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Interesting. nt

[roxiejules]

2. Compare those numbers to violence against women....

232,960 women in the U.S. were raped or sexually assaulted in 2006. That's more than 600 women every day.

Hate crimes are never okay.