(Middle East Eye) The number of US residents holding Islamophobic and antisemitic views has flatlined, and may actually be shrinking, even as hate crimes increase, according to a 2022 poll conducted by Brookings Institute.
Favourable views of Muslims in the US have risen substantially over the past seven years. In 2016, 58 percent of those polled by Brookings held favourable views of Muslims, by May 2022 that number had ticked up to 78 percent.
Authors of the new report, “The antisemitic and Islamophobic fringe is alarmingly emboldened — but it’s shrinking,” suggested that Americans’ views on Muslims were shaped by a rise in [Islamophobic] rhetoric during the years of the administration of US President Donald Trump.
