Do Muslim Americans Who Love US Feel Safe Under Trump Administration?

President Donald Trump recently completed six months in office. However, his first few months of presidency have been an anxious time for Muslim Americans, according to a recent survey published by the Pew Research Center. This is not the first such report however, that sheds light on the rising concerns about discrimination againt Muslims in the country.

The survey that highlights nine in ten Muslims are proud to be Americans also reveals one-third of the survey participants were treated with suspicion over the past 12 months because of their religion. About one in five participants said they have been called offensive names or “singled out by airport security.” Roughly half of them said they have experienced a specific instance of discrimination over the past one year. The survey was conducted among 1,001 U.S. Muslim adults between January 23 and May 2 and its findings were published Wednesday.

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In another survey published by the think tank July 12, it was revealed Christians outnumbered Muslims in the first months of Trump presidency in terms of refugee arrivals. Between January 21, a day after Trump assumed office, and June 30, there were 9,598 Christian refugees who arrived in the U.S., compared with 7,250 Muslim refugees.

“The religious affiliation of refugees has come under scrutiny since Trump first issued an executive order on Jan. 27 announcing restrictions on people traveling into the U.S. from seven majority-Muslim countries (Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen),” the report stated. This reversed the trend observed under the administration of former President Barack Obama, the think tank stated in its report underlying that the refugee data by the State Department was analyzed to compile the report.

It is also worth noting a Muslim activist group, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), recorded a rise of 1035 percent in the Islamophobic incidents at the U.S. borders that involved Customs and Borders Protection officials between January and March. In its report published in April, the rights group said, “This significant increase in CBP related incidents has occurred in the context of the Trump administration’s early efforts to convert anti-Islam campaign rhetoric into U.S. policy.”

The rights group recorded 181 cases after the Muslim travel ban that exceeded the combined total of 136 cases recorded in the previous three years.

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A spike in hate crimes has been observed ever since Trump announced his run for the presidential elections, according to a non profit, the Southern Poverty Law Center. Citing FBI statistics, the SPLC’s annual census of hate groups highlighted in February hate crimes against Muslims rose by 67 percent in 2015, the year when Trump announced his candidacy. It also found hate groups operating in 2016 rose to 916 — up from 892 in 2015.

“The increase in anti-Muslim hate was fueled by Trump’s incendiary rhetoric, including his campaign pledge to bar Muslims from entering the United States, as well as anger over terrorist attacks such as the June massacre of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando,” the report stated.