Thursday, July 26, 2012

FBI REPORT: MAJORITY OF ANTI-FAITH HATE CRIMES ARE ANTI-JEWISH

FBI REPORT: MAJORITY OF ANTI-FAITH HATE CRIMES ARE ANTI-JEWISH

In sum, there were 1,409 hate crimes motivated by religious bias. Of these anti-faith crimes, 65.4 percent were against Jews (or anti-Jewish), 13.2 percent were against Muslims (or anti-Islamic), 4.3 percent were anti-Catholic, 3.8 percent were anti-multiple faiths, 3.3 percent were anti-Protestant, 0.5 percent were anti-Atheism/Agnosticism/etc. and 9.5% involved other religions.

Hate Crime Statistics, 2010, FBI