“Any act of hate where Muslims are targeted is always going to cause fear” - US Muslims fret over a recent spate of anti-Islam incidents.
For most of the three-hour event, everything appeared to have gone smoothly when attendees gathered for a Ramadan meal on May 25 in Bastrop, Texas., or meal breaking their daily fast during Ramadan, to bring together Muslims and their non-Muslim neighbours in the area.
The Austin chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations , a Muslim civil rights organisation, has called on local authorities to treat the incident as a hate crime. A week later, on May 20, police arrested 27-year-old Brandyn Hernandez after he sent a slew of Facebook threats to the Islamic Center of Greater Miami-Masjid Miami Gardens in Florida.
According to the report, these groups “work with one another to negatively influence public opinion and government policy about Muslims and Islam”. Hate crimes have spiked since Trump came to office, prompting civil rights groups and watchdogs to accuse the president of mainstreaming racism and xenophobia.
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