String of high-profile ‘hate crimes’ against Muslims had nothing to do with religion: investigation

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 04, 2026 · 1593 words · By Isabel Vincent

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String of high-profile ‘hate crimes’ against Muslims had nothing to do with religion: investigation See more of our coverage in your search results.

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What happened

String of high-profile ‘hate crimes’ against Muslims had nothing to do with religion: investigation See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google Muslim civil rights groups are quick to label shootings, book burnings and harassment incidents as Islamophobic hate crimes, using them to raise their profiles and funds.

Common ground

However, once the full evidence comes to light, such incidents are often revealed to have no religious motive at all, something the groups or liberal media outlets don’t always clarify, watchdogs point out.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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Name Calling / Labeling 70% confidence

Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.

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Causal Oversimplification 70% confidence

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Smears 80% confidence

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 22 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Contributions to the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee were also up slightly from $625,000 in 2023 to $675,000 the following year”

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Claim 2: “Last week CAIR said “mosque incidents” had gone up 183 percent over the last year, with a total of 17 incidents in May, June and July.”

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding CAIR statistics for mosque incidents in May, June, and July.

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Claim 3: “three Palestinian university students were shot in Burlington, Vermont, while visiting relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday.”

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Claim 4: “In October 2023... a video circulated on social media showing an Indian-American high school student allegedly burning a copy of the Quran during summer vacation that year.”

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The search results mention Quran burnings in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, but there is no evidence provided regarding an Indian-American high school student burning a Quran in October 2023.

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web search NEUTRAL — While this video does show violence following a Quran burning, it’s neither from Sweden nor recent. This incident took place in July 2022 in Oslo, Norway.
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sweden-quran-burn…

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web search NEUTRAL — Paludan burning a Quran under police protection in Nørrebro, Copenhagen in 2019. In April 2019, Paludan held a demonstration in Viborg, which led to chaos with the presence of about one hundred counte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Paludan

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web search NEUTRAL — Video cover.Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989) dir. Aki Kaurismäki / Ленинградские ковбои и Америка (1989) Режиссер: Аки Каурисмяки. 1:19:02.
https://vk.com/video142598531_456240982

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Claim 5: “the FBI reporting 228 hate crimes against Muslims in 2024.”

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Claim 6: “In Dcemeber 2023, the Muslim civil rights group released a report of a “staggering 2,171 complaints””

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Claim 7: “He disappeared shortly before his December 2005 trial date and a bench warrant for his arrest remains in effect”

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Claim 8: “In one December 2023 sermon, Jews were accused of “genocide” and described as “corrupters” to be “punished” and “prophet killers,” according to Real Clear Investigations.”

VERIFIED BY REFERENCE

While the shooting event is mentioned in the search results, there is no evidence provided in the search results or Wikipedia that confirms the specific content of a December 2023 sermon describing Jews as 'corrupters' or 'prophet killers'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islam is the majority religion in Azerbaijan, but the country is considered to be the most secular in the Muslim world. Various reports have estimated that 97.3% (CIA, 2020) or 99.2% (Pew Research Cen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Azerbaijan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kingston is a village and a census-designated place within the town of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States, and the site of the main campus of the University of Rhode Island. The population w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Rhode_Island

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Providence,_Rhode_…

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Claim 9: “An investigation by Real Clear Investigations recently found the victim — Dean Scott Mustafa Ramos — was not targeted in a hate crime.”

CORROBORATED

Two separate web search results explicitly state that an investigation by Real Clear Investigations found the victim, Dean Scott Mustafa Ramos, was not targeted in a hate crime.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris. She is the protagonist of a series of eleven crime novels written from 1990 to 2017. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries began ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Teagarden

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dean Arnold Corll (December 24, 1939 – August 8, 1973) was an American serial killer and sex offender who abducted, raped, tortured and murdered at least 29 teenage boys and young men between 1970 and…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈal maˈðɾið ˈkluβ ðe ˈfuðβol] ) is a Spanish professional association football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top tier of…
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Claim 10: “the suspect, Jason Eaton, 51, is going to be allowed to use an insanity defense at trial”

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Claim 11: “Weeks after Hamas launched terrorist strikes on Israel on October 7, 2023, a man wearing Muslim robes was shot outside a mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was selling Islamic books.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm a man selling Islamic goods/clothing was shot and wounded outside the Islamic Center of Rhode Island in Providence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The university is the seventh-oldest institution of higher edu…
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Claim 12: “He [Nasir Dupont] is currently in prison awaiting trial on drug and weapons charges”

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No evidence was found regarding a person named Nasir Dupont being in prison awaiting trial.

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web search NEUTRAL — Nasir (Arabic: ناصر, romanized: Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active partic…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir

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web search NEUTRAL — Nasir" is an Arabic name meaning "helper and protector", while "bin" means "son of" in Arabic. [18] He is a cousin of actors Yara Shahidi and Sayeed Shahidi. [19] As a young child, Nas and his family …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas

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web search NEUTRAL — Big Plasticbag Kite Flying With Catch 1 Kite | Kite Catch Tree Nasir Shahid and Abubaker Shahid 308K views • 9 months ago 8:15
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_vYTTQVTJwjy28xxNwoX5Q

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Claim 13: “this May, two teenage gunmen killed three people in a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, before turning their guns on themselves.”

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Claim 14: “The 52-year-old victim was shot in the buttocks and released from hospital two hours later, claiming he was the victim of a hate crime, a police report shows.”

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While the shooting is corroborated, the specific details about the victim's age (52), the location of the wound (buttocks), and the claim of a hate crime appear in the context of the investigation reports but are not independently corroborated by multiple news outlets in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — East Providence is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 47,139 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-largest city in the state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Providence,_Rhode_Island

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Providence ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It is the third-most populous city in New England, with a population of 190,934 at the 2020 census. The Providen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Providence metropolitan area (Providence MSA) is a region extending into eight counties in two states. Its core is in the states of Rhode Island and Massachusetts; its largest city is Providence, …
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Claim 15: “donations to their national group, the CAIR Foundation, rose by nearly 16 percent from $7.5 million in 2023 to $8.7 million in 2024”

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Claim 16: “a police investigation found otherwise and Abunar was arrested on an arson charge.”

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Claim 17: “Those who saw the video quickly attributed it to a student at the Indian Prairie School District 204 in Naperville... and falsely identified the burning book as a Quran.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the identity of the book burned in the Naperville video.

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Claim 18: “CAIR’s October 25, 2023 “unprecedented surge” report came one day after the ADL’s “heavily covered” report of a 388 percent spike in antisemitic incidents”

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Claim 19: “Nasir Dupont... is a Muslim convert and recidivist criminal, with a history that includes illegal gun possession, robbery and drug-related crimes.”

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The search results for 'Nasir Dupont' returned general information about the name 'Nasir' and the rapper Nas, but no information regarding a person named Nasir Dupont or his criminal history.

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 27, 2026 · king nasir songs king nasir song king nasir king nasir dance king nasir dance meme …...more
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=680pTidSvqk

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web search NEUTRAL — Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (/ nɑːˈsɪər / nah-SEER; born September 14, 1973), known mononymously as Nas (/ nɑːz / NAHZ), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and record producer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas

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Claim 20: “Donations to the Indian American Muslim Council were also up in the same period from $1,545,000 to $1,557,000”

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Claim 21: “Court records revealed Ramos is a convicted drug dealer who served five years in prison for manufacturing and distributing drugs.”

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The provided evidence contains general articles about drug dealers and prison reform, but no specific court records or reports confirming that Dean Scott Mustafa Ramos is a convicted drug dealer who served five years in prison.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born Edward Dean Gregory; April 30, 1952) is an American former professional boxer who held the WBA (WBA) light heavyweight world title. He has since worked as a boxing trainer…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Mustafa_Muhammad

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, from June 11 to July 19, 2026. The 48 national teams involved in the tournament were req…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 32nd Actor Awards (formerly known as the Screen Actors Guild Awards), honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2025, were presented on March 1, 2026, at the …
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Claim 22: “In August 2004 Amjad Abunar... complained that “Go Home” was spray-painted on a door of his Al Madinah Market before a fire destroyed the small deli.”

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