2011: Breakdown of Religiously Biased Hate Crime Offenses
by Kaitlin Senk on Jul 15, 2013 | Views: 99 | Score: 2
| Anti-Jewish | 62.2 |
|---|---|
| Anti-Islamic | 13.3 |
| Anti-Catholic | 5.2 |
| Anti-multi religious/groups | 4.8 |
| Anti-Protestant | 3.7 |
| Anti-Atheism/Agnosticism | 0.3 |
| Anti-other religion | 10.5 |
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Most religiously biased hate crimes in 2011 were motivated by anti-Jewish bias. The second, largest targeted group was the Muslim community. These religions represent two of the world's three top monotheistic religions. In 2011, 1,318 crimes were motivated by some sort of anti-religious bias.