New America Launches Project on Anti-Muslim Activities in the United States

New America is pleased to announce the launch of a new project entitled “Anti-Muslim Activities in the United States: Violence, Threats, and Discrimination at the Local Level.” The project, led by director and senior fellow Robert L. McKenzie, documents anti-Muslim activities in the United States from 2012 to the present day.

Drawing on scholarship and data, the project serves as a resource hub for policymakers, elected officials, researchers, reporters, and the public. The project makes it possible for a range of stakeholders to discuss anti-Muslim incidents with a shared set of facts. Is there an increase in anti-Muslim incidents? Where and when have anti-Muslim incidents been at their most pernicious and threatening?

There has been a significant increase in anti-Muslim activities since late 2015, with a clear link to political rhetoric. The project documents that increase by cataloguing 650 separate incidents from 2012 to the present, including outright violence, threats, and discriminatory laws and local ordinances.