Hate Crimes in US, Including on Houses of Worship, Increasing, FBI Says

Hate Crimes in US, Including on Houses of Worship, Increasing, FBI Says
Orthodox Jewish men pass New York City police guarding a Brooklyn synagogue prior to a funeral for Mosche Deutsch in New York on Dec. 11, 2019. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Isabel van Brugen
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Hate crimes in the United States could surpass last year’s surge in attacks nationwide, with a rise in hate incidents targeting Houses of worship, from Jewish synagogues and Catholic churches to Muslim Mosques and Buddhist temples.

According to Axios, the number of hate crime incidents reported nationwide this year could exceed 2020’s figures when the FBI said that domestic hate crimes in the United States rose to the highest level in more than a decade.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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