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After the horrible events of [[9/11|Sept. 11, 2001]], Arab-Americans braced for the worst, but thankfully the fears of heavy reprisals did not come as the vast majority of America realized they were not to blame.  Incidents of harassment were up only slightly from year to year.  According to the Department of Justice's ''2001 Hate Crime Statistics'' Forward, "Another notable increase in 2001 was among religious-bias incidents.  Anti-Islamic religion incidents were previously the second least reported, but in 2001, they became second highest reported among religious-bias incidents, growing by more than 1,600 percent over 2000 volume.  In 2001, reported data showed that there were 481 incidents made up of 546 offenses having 554 victims of crimes motivated by bias towards the Islamic religion."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/01hate.pdf 2001 Hate Crime Statistics</ref>

After the horrible events of [[9/11|Sept. 11, 2001]], Arab-Americans braced for the worst, but thankfully the fears of heavy reprisals did not come as the vast majority of America realized they were not to blame.  Incidents of harassment were up only slightly from year to year.   

 

Organizations like the "American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee" work to empower Arab Americans and defend the [[civil rights]] of all people of Arab [[heritage]] in the United States. <ref>[http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=119 What is ADC?]</ref>

Organizations like the "American-Arab Anti Discrimination Committee" work to empower Arab Americans and defend the [[civil rights]] of all people of Arab [[heritage]] in the United States. <ref>[http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=119 What is ADC?]</ref>