I Want to Ask How Many of Us Have to Get Killed for This to Stop. Unfortunately, I Know the Answer.

Civil rights complaints involving Muslims have risen sharply, exceeding the surge seen after 9/11. Some people attribute the increase to underreporting in earlier periods, but the current figures remain alarming. Protests and campaigns against mosque projects have followed predictable patterns, often invoking claims about Sharia law and questioning whether Islam is a religion. Public figures and influencers have amplified anti-Islam narratives through provocative stunts. Violence has also occurred, including an attack on a mosque in San Diego that killed three men, with attackers motivated by a mix of hate. Vandalism, firebombing, and shootings have targeted mosques, even as security measures increase.

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, received 8,683 civil rights complaints from Muslims in 2025 alone. That figure surpasses the surge after 9/11. Some argue those numbers don't account for underreporting during that time for fear of being targeted by law enforcement, but they are nonetheless alarming."

"This year, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a mosque project 10 years in the making drew protesters warning that "Sharia law" would be forced on them. In El Paso County, Texas, residents protested another proposed mosque, with one organizer saying the problem was "the Sharia law that's usually behind it," and another neighbor saying, "I don't think it's a religion.""

"In Plano, Texas, Jake Lang, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, Republican Senate candidate, and anti-Islam influencer-yes, that's a thing-is now leading a campaign against what he calls "Islamification" of America, and he attracts attention to himself with provocative but also just plain weird stunts like videoing himself stuffing a Quran into the mouth of a severed pig's head. He also filmed himself dry-humping a goat. And that's not even the worst of it."

"And now in San Diego, three men are dead after teenage extremists attacked a mosque. Their ideology appears to have been a fairly incoherent amalgam of hate. But their chosen target was not an accident. Recently, multiple mosques have been vandalized, firebombed, and shot at. And though security at mosques across the country is increasing, t"

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