FBI Tallies Incidents of Religious Bias

The FBI has released its 2006 hate crime statistics and tells us that religious bias was a factor in nearly 1,600 offenses reported by law enforcement officials. Here's what they found:

- 64.3 percent were anti-Jewish.
- 12.0 percent were anti-Islamic.
- 8.8 percent were anti-other religion.
- 5.5 percent were anti-multiple religions (groups of individuals of varying religions).
- 5.1 percent were anti-Catholic.
- 3.9 percent were anti-Protestant.
- 0.5 percent were anti-atheism/agnosticism.