Police across the country recorded 159 hate crimes targeted at Muslims, up from 45 in 2012, representing an increase of 253 per cent. In just one year, between 2014 and 2015, that number increased by 59 per cent: from 99 in 2014 to 159 the following year.
Hostility Against Churches Is on the Rise in the United States
Family Research Council is finding acts of vandalism, arsons, bomb threats, gun-related incidents, and other acts of hostility perpetrated against churches in the United States have been steadily on the rise for the past several years.
