CAIR: Islamophobia in the Workplace: Combating a Troubling Trend – SHRM
Despite increasing awareness of the importance of inclusion and diversity, many Muslim employees in the U.S. continue to face discrimination and prejudice in the workplace. In fact, discrimination against Muslim workers has reached an all-time high, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an advocacy group.
CAIR recorded a 113% increase in employment discrimination complaints between 2022 and 2023, and that number continues to rise. The organization received 1,329 complaints related to employment discrimination in 2024, making it the highest-reported complaint category last year. This was “the first time this has occurred in our organization’s 30-year history,” said Farah Afify, research and advocacy manager at CAIR.
Allegations of Islamophobia come from almost all areas of employment in the U.S., including health care, education, tech, and media. “Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bigotry is not particular to any one sector,” Afify said, “but is instead at an unprecedented high across American employment writ large.”
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