State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 577 in 2019, which called for the state to start tracking hate crimes and hate incidents in an annual report.Mark Graves/The Oregonian
Reports of hateful acts committed against Oregonians because of their religion last year rose the most out of all categories reported to the state’s Bias Response Hotline.
And within that category, Jewish and Muslim Oregonians were the most often targeted, as both Jews and Muslims in Oregon and across the U.S. say they’ve experienced increased hostility since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7.
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