Category: Hinduphobia

  • Launch of UK’s first anti-Hindu hate survey

    Launch of UK’s first anti-Hindu hate survey

    30th March 2025: INSIGHT UK initiated the UK’s first survey on Anti-Hindu Hate Survey. This survey will provide a deeper understanding as to the expereinces of British Hindus experiencing discrimination, hostility, or hate-related incidents due to their religious identity.  In contrast to more well-established British frameworks to address discrimination faced by Jewish and Muslim communities,…

  • Islamist terrorists carry out targeted murder of Hindu tourists in Jammu & Kashmir

    Islamist terrorists carry out targeted murder of Hindu tourists in Jammu & Kashmir

    26 civilians, mainly Hindu tourists, have been murdered by Islamist terrorists in Pahalgam (Jammu and Kashmir, India). The attack occurred at 14:30 on 22nd April 2025, in the scenic Baisaran meadow. Eyewitnesses reported how the camouflaged terrorists appeared from the nearby forest, singling out Hindu men by asking whether they could recite Islamic verses, then…

  • Canadian Hindus feel betrayed by Temple Leader; Mr M Lama

    Canadian Hindus feel betrayed by Temple Leader; Mr M Lama

    On November 3, 2024, the Canadian National Council of Hindus (CNCH), the Hindu Federation, and several prominent Canadian Hindu leaders issued a directive: no politician can use Canadian Hindu temple platforms for political purposes. This directive was prompted by the recent attacks on the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton by pro-Khalistan groups. The Hindu community…

  • Hindu Billionaire criticised for supporting anti-Hindu interim Bangladeshi PM

    Hindu Billionaire criticised for supporting anti-Hindu interim Bangladeshi PM

    Vinod Khosla, a Hindu-American billionaire, faced criticism from prominent Hindu activist Mohandas Pai, for his apparent silence on the plight of minority Hindus in Bangladesh. Pai’s criticism was sparked by Khosla’s social media post on 7th August 2024 which celebrated Muhammad Yunus’ appointment as the leader of Bangladesh’s interim government, following the fall of Sheikh…

  • 35 years since Kashmiri Hindu Ethnocide, attacks still continue

    35 years since Kashmiri Hindu Ethnocide, attacks still continue

    Today, 19 January 2025, marks 35 years since the Kashmiri Hindu Exodus & ethnocide of 1990. Over 350,000 indigenous Kashmiri Hindus were forced to leave their homes after seeing their leaders, colleagues and family members being subjected to murder, rape or kidnapping. Islamist terrorist groups had become emboldened with numerous Kashmiri Islamists crossing the Line…

  • Canada Police assault Hindus on Mandir grounds

    Canada Police assault Hindus on Mandir grounds

    On Monday 12th November 2024, Pro-Khalistan held a violent protest outside the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton, Canada. The protest was in response to an event by the Indian Consulate aimed at helping elderly Indians with their pension certificates. Many attending this community event weren’t from a Hindu background, with many elderly Indian Sikhs in…

  • Trump’s Diwali message highlights plight ofBangladeshi Hindus

    Trump’s Diwali message highlights plight ofBangladeshi Hindus

    31st October 2024: Ahead of Diwali, Donald Trump (now President of the USA) posted on X (formerly Twitter): “I​ strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos…We will also protect Hindu Americans against the…

  • Bangladesh Government arrests ISKCON leader

    Bangladesh Government arrests ISKCON leader

    Monday 25th November 2024: Bangladesh ISKCON Leader Chinmoy Das Krishna Prabhu is arrested Dhaka. Since October 2024, ISKCON has been facing opposition from the Muhammad Yunus interim Government as many of its leaders have been active in the formation and leadership of Bangladesh Sanatan Jagaran Mancha. Bringing together Hindu leaders from across different sampradayas and…

  • Thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus protest for their rights

    Thousands of Bangladeshi Hindus protest for their rights

    October 2024: An estimated 30,000 Hindus held a rally at Laldighi Maidan in Chittagong to demand that the Bangladesh Government increase the provision of rights and security for Hindus and other minorities in the country (Source: The Independent). Led by Sanatan Jagran Manch, this has been one of the largest public demonstrations by Hindu Bangladeshis…

  • India & Bangladesh: Islamists attack Ganesh Utsav

    India & Bangladesh: Islamists attack Ganesh Utsav

    16th/17th September 2024 marked the end of the 10-day-long Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Over the first 2 weeks of September, 16 separate reports have emerged across India of Islamists attacking Hindus marking Ganesh Utsav with stone pelting and other forms of violence. In Gujarat, there were 7 incidents: Mundra (6th Sept), Lal Gate-Surat (7th-8th), Syedpura-Surat (6th-7th)…

  • 5,000 Hindu & Buddhist homes destroyed by Rohingya terrorists

    5,000 Hindu & Buddhist homes destroyed by Rohingya terrorists

    Myanmar: Between April 11th and 21st 2024, 5,000 homes of Hindus and Buddhists were destroyed in Buthidaung which is 25km from the Bangladesh border. The homes were damaged amidst clashes between the Junta lead Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (‘AA’) rebel group. The Arakan Army is made up of a largely Buddhist minority ethnic…

  • Safeguarding the Hindu roots of Carnatic Music

    Safeguarding the Hindu roots of Carnatic Music

    March 2024: Well-known Carnatic musicians, Ranjini-Gayatri (shown in the image above), Dushyanth Sridhar, and others have recently decided to withdraw from the Madras Music Academy’s annual festival in response to the Academy’s decision to confer the 2024 Kalanidhi Award to highly controversial musician T.M. Krishna. The Kalanidhi is one of the most prestigious music awards…