Hate Crimes

Hate Crimes
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Hate Crimes
Since the 9/11 attack, it is harder to be a Muslim in the US than it was before the attack and there has been a deterioration in the acceptance of Muslims by the Americans. The Muslims in America have faced have been facing discrimination and heightened scrutiny since their culture and religion became a subject of debate. Some Muslims have even been receiving death threats from the Americans, and the situation has not been made any better by some politicians who have been spreading Anti-Muslim campaign messages. Some Americans have even rejected construction of mosques in their communities, and some have engaged in hate crimes such as destruction of religious sites. Additionally, even the law enforcers, for instance, the New York Police department has been racially profiling the Muslim. They have done so by posing as undercover agents with the aim of infiltrating community centers, mosques, and other areas where Muslims exist in large numbers.
The promotion of peaceful coexistence between the Muslims and other Americans cannot be achieved by a single group but through a partnership between the American administration official and the Muslim leaders. The leaders have fought for the cessation of racial and religious profiling and also the protection of the immigrant communities. The Muslims have been allowed to vote, and on top of that, they are being encouraged to run for office. These deeds will promote religious tolerance since they Muslims will fee that they are part of the Nation.

Hate crime statutes are federal and state laws that were developed to protect people from hate crimes mostly because one belongs to a certain race or social group. The goal of the hate crime statutes is deterrence of bias-motivated violence against any individual.
By prosecuting the incident as a hate crime, people will stop committing them as they will fear getting caught. Failure to prosecute such crimes encourages people to continue committing them. The community under threat becomes further marginalized since they lose confidence in the government and police officers as they cannot protect them. According to Berman (2017), there has been an increase in the reported cased of hate crimes from 5800 to over 6100. It is an indication that the police should be vigilant in prosecuting the perpetrators.

Reference
Berman, M. (2017). “Hate crimes in the United States increased last year, the FBI says.” The Washington Post. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/11/13/hate-crimes-in-the-united-states-increased-last-year-the-fbi-says/?utm_term=.d6704eae14dd