More than half of the state’s Muslim students have experienced religion-based bullying, a rate double that of their non-Muslim peers nationally, according to a survey released Friday by the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Across California, less than 10 percent of middle school and high school students overall reported harassment at school based on their religion, according to state data.
The new report indicates that children across the state are still feeling the side effects of the 9/11 attacks, at a time when Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiment has become almost normalized in some quarters — used to garner votes in presidential campaigns or to challenge a creative Muslim boy who brought a homemade clock to a Texas classroom.
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