Harmony News: FBI to Track Hate Crimes Against Sikh, Hindu Americans

[GFCH (India)]

FBI TRACKING CRIME AGAINST SIKH, HINDU, and ARAB-AMERICANS
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Courtesy: Parliament of Religions
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation that tracks hate crimes in the
United States announced on Wednesday, June 5, that it will finally
include Hindu-, Sikh-, and Arab-American categories in future annual
uniform hate crime reporting.

This win is celebrated by hundreds of organizations which were heard
en masse by the Senate Judiciary Committee last summer at the overdue
hearing on domestic extremism and hate crime, which was expedited
after the murders of Sikhs at the Gurdwara in the Oak Creek, WI last
August.

Data on hate crimes motivated by 9/11 backlash and Islamaphobia will
finally quantify widespread violence targeting several communities
perceived “other-,” “Middle Eastern-”, “South Asian-.” It also
signifies more attention by the U.S. government on this pervasive and
complex illness in American society.
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