(Middle East Eye) Hate crimes against Muslims in Canada were down 50 percent in 2018 compared to the year before, a new report by Statistics Canada has said.
But a national advocacy group has warned about an uptick in hate incidents targeting religious institutions.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) said on Monday that it welcomed the findings, which showed hate crimes targeting Muslims that were reported to police across Canada dropped by half from 2017 to 2018.
But hate incidents targeting houses of worship — dubbed “mischief to religious property motivated by hate” — went up 41 percent over the same period, the NCCM said, citing data from Statistics Canada.
