"One of its authors, Kevin Grisham, was the former director of the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, and his writings reveal a certain degree of sympathy for Islamists....
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That dramatic increase in New York works only if you compare 24 incidents in 2014 with 33 incidents in 2015. But if you look back at the 31 incidents in 2011, the sudden spike is not all that newsworthy. Statistical card tricks like these offer rather obvious signs of bad faith.
The Center spends a great deal of time and effort trying to tie this "rise" to Donald Trump. Its methodology is almost childishly sloppy. Its list of "hate crimes" after the Muslim massacre..."
https://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2016/10/22/the-muslim-hate-crimes-increase-hoax/