“Muslims in this country frequently report potential terrorist incidents and condemn all attacks carried out wrongfully in the name of Islam,” Harb added. Meanwhile, this election season has also seen a frightening surge in anti-Muslim attacks. According to the group Muslim Advocates, there have been over 100 hate crimes targeting Muslims in the U.S. since the Paris terror attacks last November. A report from The Bridge Initiative found that there were more acts of anti-Muslim violence and vandalism in 2015 than in any year since the 9/11 attacks. HuffPost has recorded more than 260 acts of anti-Muslim violence, discrimination and political speech in the United States so far in 2016.

Source: Huffington Post September 13, 2016 19:18 UTC