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" ... amid a sharp increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims."

OK, this is a 'purported' news article that states that there has been an actual increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims. Dear AP, what facts back this assertion? Does it come from, perhaps, the notorious SPLC stats? What is the defining case for "Hate Crimes" and is it a different standard for Muslims than for hate crimes for other groups, perhaps Caucasians?

Remember Ms Lynch, as Attorney General of the US (AJUS), found no difficulty in having an unannounced, unmonitored meeting with the spouse of an investigative target of her law enforcement division. Should I mention that the subject was also a member of her own political party who was running to succeed her current boss? And who also had speculated about keeping her as AJUS into the next administration? Such coincidences!

"OK, this is a 'purported' news article that states that there has been an actual increase in hate crimes targeting Muslims. Dear AP, what facts back this assertion? Does it come from, perhaps, the notorious SPLC stats?"

The stats come from the FBI, which compiles hate crime stats every year. There was an increase from an average of about 3.4 crimes per state to about 5.2 crimes per state. When there are not a lot of something to begin with, increases in that thing - expressed as percentages - can sound much more significant than they are. If hate crimes increase from 2 to 4, they have increased 100%, but that doesn't mean there is an epidemic of hate crimes.