Trump crackdown on protests and immigration led to Islamophobia, Muslim group says
The Straits Times
The group said it recorded 8,683 anti-Muslim and anti-Arab complaints in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – Record high Islamophobia in the US in 2025 was driven in part by US President Donald Trump’s crackdown against pro-Palestinian protests and immigration, a Muslim advocacy group said on March 10.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it recorded 8,683 anti-Muslim and anti-Arab complaints in 2025, the highest since it began publishing data in 1996, compared with 8,658 in 2024.
Most complaints were about employment discrimination (12.7 per cent), immigration and asylum (6.5 per cent), hate incidents (6.4 per cent), and travel discrimination like government watchlists and screenings (5.6 per cent), CAIR’s report noted.
Over the years, advocates have attributed Islamophobia to the Sept 11, 2001, attacks; and more recently to anti-immigration sentiment, white supremacy and the fallout of Israel’s war in Gaza.
Mr Trump denies being discriminatory and says his administration aims to curb illegal immigration and improve domestic security. Advocates say the immigration crackdown is unsafe and violates due process.
CAIR noted Mr Trump’s targeting of Somali Americans in Minnesota, a majority Muslim community, who he accused of fraud and called “garbage”.
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