Islamophobic crimes up by 1,000 per cent under Donald Trump

Islamophobic incidents at the US borders have risen by over 1,000 per cent since President Donald Trump took office in January, according to a Muslim activist group.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in its preliminary data collected from its branches across the country said the instances in which US Customs and Borders Protection officials were accused of profiling Muslims accounted for 23 per cent of its caseload in the first three months of 2017.

Of the 193 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cases recorded from January to March 2017, 181 were reported after the January 27 signing of the Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States Executive Order, also known as the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban. In the first three months of 2016, the group reported 17 cases, it said. “CAIR reports 1,035 per cent spike in Islamophobic border incidents during #Trump’s first 100 days,” CAIR said. Mr Trump had vowed during his campaign to make it more difficult for people from certain countries to reach the US as part of tighter security.