Editing Islamophobia (section)

====Anti-Muslim sentiment elsewhere====
[[File:Rohingya displaced Muslims 010.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[Rohingya people|Rohingya Muslim]] refugees fleeing violence in Buddhist-majority [[Myanmar]] in October 2017]]
A report from Australia has found that "except for Anglicans, all Christian groups have Islamophobia scores higher than the national average" and that "among the followers of non-Christian religious affiliations, [[Buddhists]] and [[Hindus]] [also] have significantly higher Islamophobia scores."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unisa.edu.au/Global/EASS/MnM/Publications/Islamophobia_report.pdf |title=Islamophobia, social distance and fear of terrorism in Australia: a preliminary report |access-date=28 July 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004072601/http://www.unisa.edu.au/Global/EASS/MnM/Publications/Islamophobia_report.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Following the [[2015 San Bernardino attack|San Bernardino attack]] in 2015, [[Donald Trump]], then a candidate for President, proposed "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States, until we can figure out what the hell is going on".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-08 |title=Donald Trump: ban all Muslims entering US |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/07/donald-trump-ban-all-muslims-entering-us-san-bernardino-shooting |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Throughout the campaign, Trump repeatedly described Islam and Muslim immigrants and refugees as a threat to the [[Western world|West]], and condemned then-current President [[Barack Obama]] for not referring to [[Islamic State]] militants as "Islamic terrorists" or "radical Muslims", accusing Obama of cowardice in the face of radical Islam and claiming that Obama had "founded ISIS" through his foreign policy.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Obama lashes out at Trump, says using the phrase 'radical Islam' is 'not a strategy' |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/06/14/obama-lashes-out-on-loose-talk-on-terrorism-islam/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Donald Trump: President Barack Obama 'Is the Founder of ISIS' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-president-barack-obama-founder-isis/story?id=41286869 |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> Trump's rhetoric was condemned by his opponent, [[Hillary Clinton]], as well as numerous Muslim advocacy groups and activists, and became a focal issue in the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |title=Clinton, Trump spar over Islamophobia, Syrian refugees |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/09/clinton-trump-spar-over-islamophobia-syrian-refugees/91835278/ |access-date=2022-09-25 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[South Thailand insurgency|South Thailand Insurgency]], having caused more than 6,500 deaths and purportedly fuelled in part by the Thai military's harsh tactics,<ref>{{cite web|last=Joshua Kurlantzick|date=October 20, 2016|title=A New Approach to Thailand's Insurgency|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/new-approach-thailands-insurgency|access-date=2021-09-14|website=[[Council on Foreign Relations]]|language=en}}</ref> was reported to be increasing Islamophobia in the country.<ref>{{Citation|last=Andre|first=Virginie|title=Thai Cyber-Actors: Evidence of an Islamophobic Effect|date=2016|work=Fear of Muslims? International Perspectives on Islamophobia|pages=111–130|series=Boundaries of Religious Freedom: Regulating Religion in Diverse Societies|publication-place=[[Deakin University]]|publisher=[[Springer International Publishing]]|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-29698-2_8|isbn=978-3-319-29698-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=May 2016|title=Islamophobia on the rise in Thailand's North|url=https://kbr.id/english/05-2016/islamophobia_on_the_rise_in_thailand_s_north/81308.html|access-date=2021-09-14|website=[[KBR (news agency)]]}}</ref> The [[Mindanao Conflict|Mindanao conflict]] in the Philippines has also fuelled discrimination against Muslims by some Christian Filipinos.<ref>{{cite web|last=Amina Rasul|date=2007|title=Radicalisation of Muslims in the Philippines|url=https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/253252/7_dokument_dok_pdf_12802_1.pdf/5ae94b8d-f7f3-4e5a-6102-6867dbb7795e?version=1.0&t=1539663806495|website=[[Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Zempi|first1=Irene|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LceHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT516|title=The Routledge International Handbook of Islamophobia|last2=Awan|first2=Imran|date=2019-02-11|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-1-351-13553-5|location=United Kingdom|page=516|language=en}}</ref>

The [[2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka]] was suggested to have been a possible trigger for the [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings|2019 Easter bombings]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srinivasan|first=Meera|date=2019-04-27|title=Sri Lanka Easter blasts: 'Anti-Muslim riots a possible trigger'|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/sri-lanka-easter-blasts-anti-muslim-riots-a-possible-trigger/article26960071.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Muslims in the country have reportedly faced increased harassment after the bombings, with some [[Sinhala Buddhist nationalism|Sinhala Buddhist]] groups calling for boycotts of Muslim businesses and trade.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kadirgamar|first=Niyanthini|date=2019-08-01|title=The perils of being a woman and a Muslim in Sri Lanka|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-perils-of-being-a-woman-and-a-muslim/article28775384.ece|access-date=2021-09-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In July 2019, the UN ambassadors from 22 nations, including Canada, Germany and France, signed a joint letter to the [[United Nations Human Rights Council|UNHRC]] condemning China's mistreatment of the [[Uyghurs]] as well as its mistreatment of other [[Islam in China|Muslim]] minority groups, urging the Chinese government to close the [[Xinjiang internment camps]],<ref>{{cite web |title=More than 20 ambassadors condemn China's treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/more-than-20-ambassadors-condemn-chinas-treatment-of-uighurs-in-xinjiang |work=The Guardian|date=11 July 2019}}</ref> though ambassadors from 53 others, not including China, rejected said allegations.<ref>{{cite web|date=29 October 2019|title=Joint Statement on Xinjiang at Third Committee|url=http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/23328878/belarus-joint-statement-cerd-chair-oct-29.pdf|access-date=13 August 2020|website=unmeetings.org|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011191511/http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/23328878/belarus-joint-statement-cerd-chair-oct-29.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a 2020 report by the [[Australian Strategic Policy Institute]], since 2017, Chinese authorities have destroyed or damaged 16,000 mosques in Xinjiang – 65% of the region's total.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davidson|first=Helen|date=2020-09-25|title=Thousands of Xinjiang mosques destroyed or damaged, report finds|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/thousands-of-xinjiang-mosques-destroyed-damaged-china-report-finds|access-date=2020-09-26|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Skopeliti|first=Clea|date=25 September 2020|title=China: Nearly two-thirds of Xinjiang mosques damaged or demolished, new report shows|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/xinjiang-mosques-destroyed-damaged-china-uighurs-b597919.html|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>

Emigrants from nearly every predominantly Muslim country have immigrated to Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/home/index.cfm|title=Census of Canada: Census of Population, Census of Agriculture|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227125053/https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/census01/home/index.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to a 2013 poll, 54% of Canadians had an unfavourable view of Islam, which was higher than for any other religion (Hinduism, Sikhism etc.).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angusreidglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Canadians-view-non-Christian-religions-with-uncertainty-dislike.pdf|title=Canadian Public Opinion Poll|date=2 October 2013|website=angusreidglobal.com|access-date=10 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042415/http://angusreidglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Canadians-view-non-Christian-religions-with-uncertainty-dislike.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[2020 Delhi riots]], which left more than 50 dead and hundreds injured,<ref>{{cite news |title=Delhi riots: Violence that killed 53 in Indian capital 'was anti-Muslim pogrom', says top expert |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/world/delhi-riots-pogrom-violence-deaths-modi-bjp-india-police-a9384891.html |work=The Independent |date=7 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=For Jews, the New Delhi riots have a painfully familiar ring |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/for-jews-the-new-delhi-riots-have-a-painfully-familiar-ring/ |work=The Times of Israel |date=11 March 2020}}</ref> were triggered by protests against a [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|citizenship law]] seen by many critics as anti-Muslim and part of Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]'s [[Hindu nationalist]] agenda.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anti-Muslim violence in Delhi serves Modi well |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/26/violence-delhi-modi-project-bjp-citizenship-law |work=The Guardian |date=26 February 2020}}</ref> In [[Myanmar]] the [[969 Movement]] has been accused of events such as the [[2012 Rakhine State riots]].