— at the mosque the Orlando Pulse nightclub gunman had attended . Keep in mind that after the horrific 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured over 250 , we did n’t see this type of backlash . As the Associated Press noted at the time , “ Muslim civil rights leaders say the anti - Islam reaction has been more muted this time than after other attacks since Sept. 11 . ” The difference was that in 2013 there was no Trump ginning up hatred of Muslims for political gain .
Earlier in January public broadcaster ARD reported that there had never been as many attacks on refugee homes as in 2015 , which saw a huge rise in such criminality in comparison with the previous year . Whereas in 2014 , 199 acts of criminality against refugee home were recorded by the Federal Office of Criminal Investigations ( BKA ) , in 2015 that number shot up to 924 . Of the nearly 1,000 attacks , 76 were attempted arsonconflict.attack.na. One of those cases went before a court in Hagen on Friday , where an ex - fireman is accused of attempted murder after setting fire to a refugee home in the west German town in October 2015 .
While Russia Today , a source widely respected for their objectivity and journalistic integrity , initially reported Ammon to be accompanied by 150 bristling citizen revolutionaries -- this is likely a bit of literary flourish . Journalists on the ground are reporting no more than 15 heavily armed " militiamen " to be camping in the quaint , one story red - brick bastion of Federal oppression . Supposedly , Ammon and company are following in his father 's felonious footsteps by seizing this federal property in protest of the arrest of two Oregon ranchers -- Dwight and Steven Hammond , who were convicted of arsonconflict.attack.nafor setting fire to 127 acres of Federal land so as to protect their own property from uncontrollable forest fires . The Hammond 's argue that the Federal government was negligent in the managing of this land , and that their negligence presented a threat to their own property and livelihood . It 's worth noting that the Hammond family , through their attorney , has steadfastly denied any association with Mr. Bundy and has vowed to report to Federal prison despite their potentially compelling disagreement with the government .