SINCE THE OCT. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war, Muslim students on college campuses throughout California have endured surging rates of Islamophobia, according to a 2024 Campus Climate Report released by the Council on American-Islamic Relations California, or CAIR-CA.

Out of the 720 California college students surveyed for the report from March to July of this year, “one out every two students reported facing harassment or discrimination on campus because of their Muslim identity,” said Jeffrey Wang in a Tuesday news conference about the report.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.