US Muslims face backlash after Paris attacks

November 18, 2015 18:51

Muslims around the US are facing backlash following the deadly attacks in Paris, including vandalism to mosques and Islamic centres, hate-

filled phone and online messages and threats of violence.

Advocacy leaders say they have come to expect some anti- Muslim sentiment following such attacks, but they now see a spike that seems notable, stirred by anti-Muslim sentiment in the media.

"The picture is getting increasingly bleak," said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington, DC-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. "There's been an accumulation of anti-Islamic rhetoric in our lives and that I think has trigged these overt acts of violence and vandalism."

He said the rise in the level of anti-Muslim sentiment is reflected by some GOP presidential candidates, governors and others speaking out in opposition to the US accepting more Syrian refugees.

Hooper said the council is seeing an increase in anti- Muslim incidents since Friday's attacks in Paris that killed 129 people and wounded more than 350.

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