Despite Media Worries, Crimes Against Muslims Down Since 2001
The idea that Americans engaged in some sort of national backlash against Muslims since 9/11, the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and now the more recent events at Fort Hood has been a staple of media reports since, well, 2001.
The problem is that the reality hasn’t quite matched the media’s narrative. Not only are crimes against Muslims down, significantly, since 2001 but there have been about the same number of crimes against Christians and far more crimes against Jews:
Some inconvenient truth for the talking heads to continue to ignore, I guess.
