The brutal attack on Sikh American Inderjit Singh Mukker, 53, in a Chicago suburb a few weeks ago isn’t an isolated incident. In New York City, hate crimes have surged 9 percent this year, according to New York Police Department data. Anti-Muslim crime rose from 2 incidents last year to 7 so far this year. Other cities report similar surges. Can anyone doubt that when a candidate for the Republican nomination for president of the United States says Muslims are unfit for that office, and another fails to criticize anti-Muslim hate speech, they fuel such crimes? The Islamophobia now marking the Republican race – along with the anti-Mexican, homophobic, and misogynist rhetoric -- is not without consequence. It legitimizes bigotry. And that legitimation is the gateway to violence.
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