Nearly half of American Muslims experienced anti-Muslim discrimination within a single year.

Evidence

Illustrating the real-life impact of Islamophobia on the lives of everyday Americans, the Pew researchers also found that nearly half (48 percent) of American Muslims said that they had personally experienced at least one incident of anti-Muslim discrimination in the past twelve months. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 264

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 264
• XREF: connects to: Among American Muslims who said it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the U.S. in recent years, the second most-answered reason for this was ‘negative media portrayals.’ In addition, 53% of Americans think that coverage of Islam and Muslims by American news organizations is generally unfair to Muslims and Islam.; African American Muslims are the largest Muslim American plurality yet stay marginalized. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 451; Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 32 (+4 more)

Related

• Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims (similarity 0.87)
• Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives (similarity 0.85)
• Anti-Muslim hate incidents rose 57 percent in 2016 (similarity 0.83)
• Fifty-three percent of Americans hold an unfavorable opinion of Islam (similarity 0.83)
• African American Muslims are the largest Muslim American plurality yet stay marginalized. (similarity 0.82)
• Nearly half of Americans believed Islam encourages violence in 2010 (similarity 0.82)
• Anti-Muslim bias incidents kept breaking records through 2017 (similarity 0.82)
• Among American Muslims who said it has become more difficult to be a Muslim in the U.S. in recent years, the second most-answered reason for this was ‘negative media portrayals.’ In addition, 53%… (similarity 0.82)
• 53% of Americans think that coverage of Islam and Muslims by American news organizations is generally unfair to Muslims and Islam. (similarity 0.81)
• American public awareness of anti-Muslim discrimination rose substantially by the mid-2010s (similarity 0.81)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric increased American hostility toward Muslims. (similarity 0.80)
• Evidence of anti-Muslim incidents has not convinced many of Islamophobia as a distinct phenomenon (similarity 0.80)
• American Muslims are racially heterogeneous across white, black, Asian, Latinx categories. (similarity 0.80)
• Muslim America’s narrative is rooted in blackness, not Arab identity (similarity 0.80)
• Fewer than one in a million Western Muslims per year turned to political violence (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives #corroborates (0.75) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 32
• Large minorities of Americans hold unfavorable views of Islam and Muslims #corroborates (0.60) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 754
• Anti-Muslim hate incidents rose 57 percent in 2016 #corroborates (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 117
• Islamophobia is a conflict over American identity rooted in racial and religious bitterness. #corroborates (0.50)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric increased American hostility toward Muslims. #corroborates (0.50) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 261