Debbia Anderson is the head of the Minneapolis chapter of ACT for America. During a speech by ACT leader Brigitte Gabriel at the Mankato City Center in Minneapolis, Minn., Anderson handed out a “fact sheet” on Islam that she authored in which she alleged, “Despite Islam’s 1400 year history of Imperialism, land appropriation, genocide, cultural annihilation and enslavement, there is a powerful campaign to persuade the world that Islam is a ‘religion of peace.’” The sheet also contains a strong anti-immigrant tone targeting Somalis in Minnesota.
2024 Civil Rights Report: Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate
CAIR received 8,061 complaints nationwide in 2023, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its 30-year history. Nearly half of all complaints received in 2023 were reported in the final three months of the year.