Hate Crime Usa

District Attorney official's in Contra Costa, US, filed hate crime charges against six who attacked a Sikh-American, severely injuring him. According to the Sikh Coalition, attacks on sikhs in America has gone up several times since 9/11 attacks in the US.

One in five hate crimes reported in the US in 2011 were due to religious bias, most of them stemming from anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic prejudice, while almost half of such crimes were racially-motivated, the FBI has said in its new data.

District Attorney official's in Contra Costa, US, filed hate crime charges against six who attacked a Sikh-American, severely injuring him. According to the Sikh Coalition, attacks on sikhs in America has gone up several times since 9/11 attacks in the US.

One in five hate crimes reported in the US in 2011 were due to religious bias, most of them stemming from anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic prejudice, while almost half of such crimes were racially-motivated, the FBI has said in its new data.