Anti-Muslim sentiment in American public schools is a prevalent and ongoing problem, a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations says
More than half of the respondents reported feeling unsafe, unwelcome, or uncomfortable at school due to their Muslim identity.
A report conducted in 2021 by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that nearly half of the students, 47.1 percent, reported being bullied for being Muslim. “Muslim students of all ages have been ostracised and mistreated in the past because of their faith and perceived, yet clearly false, association with 9/11 and other acts of terrorism,” said Amr Shabaik, the civil rights managing attorney for CAIR-LA.
More than half of respondents, 55.73 percent, reported feeling unsafe, unwelcome, or uncomfortable at school due to their Muslim identity.“I was constantly called Osama bin Laden by the same guy who would tell me that I looked Bomb with a big emphasis on the word bomb,” said an 18-year-old female student from Brentwood.Harassment over headscarves
“People have verbally abused me for being Muslim,” a young woman, 18, from Redwood City told the survey. “ mocked me and Islam and I have had my hijab pulled off by a classmate for no reason.”
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