- The Washington Times - Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The Huffington Post has launched an Islamophobia tracking website dedicated to recording acts of anti-Muslim violence and discrimination across the United States.

“After last year’s terror attacks in Paris and mass shooting in San Bernardino, California — and amidst a surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric from U.S. politicians — reports about Muslims in America facing violence, harassment, intimidation and bigotry have become omnipresent,” the news outlet said Thursday.

The Huffington Post said it will document “this deplorable wave of hate for all of 2016 using news reports and firsthand accounts.”

“The breadth and severity of Islamophobia in America can no longer go unnoticed. Enough is enough.”

The news outlet has so far recorded 28 instances of what its editors believe constitutes as Islamophobia. Headlines detailing those instances included “Presidential Candidate (Ben Carson) Says Islam Has ‘Apocalyptic Vision,’ Is Not a Religion,” “Megyn Kelly Wonders if Seeing Muslims Justifies a Call to Police” and “State Senate Committee OKs Bill to Track Refugees.”



The Huffington Post’s social media editor, Rowaida Abdelaziz, announced the tracker’s launch in a pinned tweet: “Its wild that some think Islamophobia isn’t real. So @HuffingtonPost will be tracking it.”

The website includes a link where users can report anti-Muslim acts to Ms. Abdelaziz or reporter Christopher Mathias.

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