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In reply to the discussion: Woman attacked a Jewish woman and stomped on her neck in an attempt to convert her to christianity [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)bias against the victim. Although there are thousands of crime against random people, some are found to be bias crimes. In 2013 FBI lists 1,223 victims of anti-religious hate crimes:
60.3 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders anti-Jewish bias.
13.7 percent were victims of anti-Islamic (Muslim) bias.
6.1 percent were victims of anti-Catholic bias.
4.3 percent were victims of bias against groups of individuals of varying religions (anti-multiple religions, group).
3.8 percent were victims of anti-Protestant bias.
0.6 percent were victims of anti-Atheist/Agnostic bias.
11.2 percent were victims
There are also crimes motivated by racial or sexual orientation bias. More than for religion. While there are plenty of random crimes against LGBT people or African Americans, thousands of crimes committed against those groups every year are found to be bias motivated hate crimes.
The one in the OP will be counted as such for this year, trust me.