The Council on American-Islamic Relations received over 8,650 complaints in 2024, the highest number recorded since the organization began tracking.

Discrimination and attacks against American Muslims and Arabs rose by 7.4% in 2024 due to heightened Islamophobia caused by U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza and the resulting college campus protests, a Muslim advocacy group said on Tuesday.

CAIR emphasised that "for the second year in a row, the US-backed Gaza genocide drove a wave of Islamophobia in the United States."

A report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday indicated that the 8,658 complaints about anti-Muslim and anti-Arab incidents last year – reflecting a 7.4 percent incr

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has reported an unprecedented rise in hate incidents against Muslims and Arabs in the United States, attributing the surge to heightened Islamophobia fueled by Israels war in Gaza and campus protests.