Trump’s election triggered a 300-percent spike in anti-Muslim hate group membership

Evidence

Islamophobia not only helps our enemies, but it also threatens our own democratic freedoms as well. Following Trump’s election, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported on a surge in bias-motivated hate crimes in the seven days following the election. Further, membership in anti-Muslim hate groups saw a quick spike, increasing by at least 300 percent. A mosque in Ypsilanti, Michigan was burned to the ground. Another—in Tucson, Arizona—was broken into and its copies of the Quran ripped apart. In Bloomington, Minnesota, a homemade bomb exploded at an Islamic center during morning prayers. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 778

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 778
• XREF: connects to: Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 539; Anti-Muslim hate incidents rose 57 percent in 2016 — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 117; Trumpism outlives Trump and continues fueling Muslim disenfranchisement. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 669 (+3 more)

Related

• Anti-Muslim hate incidents rose 57 percent in 2016 (similarity 0.87)
• Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans (similarity 0.86)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric increased American hostility toward Muslims. (similarity 0.85)
• Forty percent of post-election hate crimes explicitly invoked Trump’s name or slogans (similarity 0.84)
• Trumpism outlives Trump and continues fueling Muslim disenfranchisement. (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobic hate crimes spike in the wake of terrorist attacks. (similarity 0.81)
• Trump’s Muslim ban escalated Islamophobia to overt racial-nationalist action (similarity 0.81)
• Hate crimes, hate groups, and antisemitic incidents all surged sharply from 2016 to 2017. (similarity 0.80)
• Trump’s presidency legitimated overt anti-Muslim racism and drove a spike in hate crimes. (similarity 0.80)
• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric galvanized white supremacists globally, including in Australia (similarity 0.80)
• Trumpism predates Trump and will outlast his presidency (similarity 0.79)
• Every US foreign-policy crisis spikes hate crimes against anyone perceived as Muslim (similarity 0.79)
• The Madrid and London bombings triggered spikes in anti-Muslim violence (similarity 0.79)
• Trump legitimated overt anti-Muslim racism that post-civil-rights Republicans only dog-whistled (similarity 0.79)
• Political events and terrorist attacks trigger spikes in anti-Muslim hate crime. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric galvanized white supremacists globally, including in Australia #expands (0.50)
• The Madrid and London bombings triggered spikes in anti-Muslim violence #exemplifies (0.45) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 400