‘Every move I make, I second guess’: These Muslim and Arab Americans say the surge in hate has made them more vigilant | CNN

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : As reports of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab attacks rose across the country, Jwayyed said he began carrying his concealed weapon when he goes out around his Cleveland, Ohio, home and when he’s shopping with his wife.
60% : While anti-Muslim sentiment is nothing new in America, Abou-Sayed said her perspective has shifted since the war began.
53% : Instead, since the war began, she said she’s become more civically engaged and has been calling out anti-Muslim and anti-Arab sentiment when she sees it.
51% : The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the US is experiencing an “unprecedented” increase in reported anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias incidents in the weeks since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
47% : They’ve called on the Biden administration to do more to combat anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias.
38% : She is avoiding social gatherings and meeting in public with her friends who are also visibly Muslim, so they are “not a target collectively.” 
34% : “If I have one more person scream at me in public and certainly if someone were to threaten me, I think all bets are off.”

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