Report: American Muslims more worried since Trump took office

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Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the

majority of American Muslims say they feel they're subject to greater

discrimination due to their religious beliefs.

The findings from a newly releasedPew Research reportstem from questions posed to American Muslims between Trump’s January 2017 inauguration and the month of May.

While

two-thirds of American Muslims reported being dissatisfied with the

direction that the United States is headed in, the vast majority (80

percent) said they are satisfied with the projection of their own lives.

The

increased level of concern within the American Muslim community comes

in the first year of Trump's presidency. Seventy-four percent of those

surveyed believe that Trump is unfriendly to Muslims, compared to the 64

percent of those surveyed in 2011, who believed Obama was

overwhelmingly friendly towards Muslims.

Within

his first week of presidency, Trump signed the so-called travel ban on

seven Muslim-majority nations, which also proposed blocking Syrian

refugees from entering the United States. The order and the ability to

implement it have since been challenged in US courts.

In

the past year, 48 percent of American Muslims said they have

experienced some sort of discrimination based on their religion,

according to the study.

In

an age of increased surveillance in the name of national security in

the United States, 15 percent of US Muslims report being very worried

about the government monitoring their phone calls or emails due to their

religion.

However, despite the increased incidents

of discrimination, 49 percent of Muslim Americans reported that they

have received support from others because of their religion in the past

year. In the same vein, the report showed that 89 percent of Muslims say

they are proud to be both American and Muslim.