Islamophobia not only helps our enemies, but it also threatens our own democratic freedoms as well. Following Trump’s election, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported on a surge in bias-motivated hate crimes in the seven days following the election. Further, membership in anti-Muslim hate groups saw a quick spike, increasing by at least 300 percent. A mosque in Ypsilanti, Michigan was burned to the ground. Another—in Tucson, Arizona—was broken into and its copies of the Quran ripped apart. In Bloomington, Minnesota, a homemade bomb exploded at an Islamic center during morning prayers.

XREF: Connects to broader post-2016 election hate crime data and Islamophobia research.

XREF: Connects to broader documentation of post-election hate crime spikes and the Southern Poverty Law Center's tracking of bias incidents. QUESTION: What long-term policy or community responses addressed this surge, and did these rates persist beyond the initial post-election window?

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