Flawed data?
OTTAWA - A new report that shows blacks and Jews are most likely to be the victims of hate crimes in Canada is flawed, according to the leader of the Canadian Islamic Congress.The Statistics Canada study, released on Monday, relies mostly on research by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics and uses police-reported data on the race, religion and sexual orientation of victims of hate-motivated incidents, ranging from property crimes to violent crimes.
In 2006, police services for 87 per cent of the Canadian population reported 892 hate crimes. Of the 220 hate crimes reported by police to be motivated by religion, offences against Jews were the most common, accounting for 63 per cent. Crimes against Muslims accounted for 21 per cent, while crimes against Catholics accounted for six per cent.
Mohamed Elmasry, national president of the congress, said hate crimes against Muslims are often misfiled by police because it’s difficult to question someone’s religion, thus skewing the numbers.
“A Somali family who reports a hate crime, they might put it under black when it’s supposed to be under Muslim,” said Elmasry. “That Somali family should be under Muslim and not under black, because the motivation is really because the woman is wearing a hijab.
“It is easier for the hate crime unit to put the report under black because it’s a visible minority.”
Elmasry said his community saw a rise in hate-related incidences after 9/11 and the numbers in the report don’t reflect the Muslim reality.
That may be. But perhaps anti-semite crimes have also gone up. Had you considered that?
Either way, I’m getting the impression that, according to the Canadian Islamic Congress, anyone who doesn’t put “islamophobia” on top of every list of problems has flawed data.
Victimhood is their bread and butter.