Attacks on Hindus and Hindu Dharma, both in Bharat and overseas, are frequent and unrelenting. In many regions of the world, this persecution is like a genocide slowly unfolding before our eyes. For decades, the world has ignored the actual depth and breadth of these attacks, driven by disturbing anti-Hindu bigotry. From murders, forced conversions, land grabs, assault on festivals, desecration of temples and murtis, hate speech, and sexual violence to institutionalized & legal discrimination, Hindus are facing an increasing assault on their very existence along with an unprecedented Hindu hatred.

In this weekly summary for the period from 9 July to 15 July 2023, we hope to provide a snapshot of such crimes and hopefully awaken more people around the world to this human rights crisis:

Bharat

1) A Coaching centre owner and an AMU graduate turned Deoband student are among 3 held for illegally converting 7 Hindu men and women in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Ghaziabad. The accused have been identified as Rahil alias Rahul Agrawal and Mohd. Musir, both residents of Delhi’s Sangam Vihar and Abdullah Ahmed alias Saurabh Khurana of Palwal (Haryana). 

2) A 32-year-old Islamist grocery store owner from Karnataka was detained on suspicion of murdering one of his workers. The incident occurred at Mulihithlu on the outskirts of Mangaluru in Karnataka. The perpetrator, Tausif Hussain, set the victim, Gajnana, on fire and attempted to pass it off as an electrocution.

3) Islamic conversion racket run by doctors and engineers was busted by the police in Ghaziabad.

4) A preacher’s ten-month-old YouTube video has surfaced, in which he declared that Bharat is the prime destination for conversions and that despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s efforts, they have been successful in reaching their goal. Pastor Chris Hodges also bragged that the missionaries that his organisation is associated with have already converted more than 1 lakh Hindus in a single week.

5) Muslim leaders in Maharashtra are continuing to idolise Islamic Mughal tyrant Aurangzeb. Qadir Maulana of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar who recently quit the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the Bharat Rashtra Samiti of KC Rao said that Aurangzeb is his role model.

6) On July 10, the officials of the Delhi Crime Branch arrested wanted murderer Mohammad Khalid from Manipur. Khalid was held for his role in the murder of head constable Ratan Lal.

7) ‘Jesus is the Way’ signboards were erected using public funds by a PWD engineer in Arunachal Pradesh.

8) Raj Kumar was brutally stabbed to death by his Muslim girlfriend’s family in Delhi’s Zakira region. Ashfaq and Meraj were arrested by the police after examining CCTV footage.

9) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday said that they have lodged a case against seven persons for their alleged involvement in the forceful conversion of two brothers to Islam. The incident has been reported from the Malda district of West Bengal.

10) Kids were slapped and threatened with expulsion for wearing tilak by Indore’s Bal Vigyan Shishu Vihar school.

11) B.Tech (Computer Science) Mohammad Kalim was held for forcibly converting people to Islam in a rain shelter in Delhi.

12) Kanal Kannan, a stunt choreographer in the Tamil cinema industry, and an office-bearer of Hindu Munnani, was arrested by the cyber crime police based on a complaint from a DMK functionary Austin Bennett. The latter filed a complaint against him alleging that one of his tweets was demeaning Christianity. Following this Kannan was arrested on July 1.

13) In Banbhulpura, Haldwani, people from the Muslim community barged into the house of a Hindu family and beat up women and men. The accused did not even spare the pregnant woman, kicked her in the stomach, and tore her clothes. The police have named four including the main accused Imran and filed an FIR against 10-12 people in the section of insurrection, molestation, assault, and threats.

14) A 17-year-old pujari Puranmal Das, who is an orphan, was found hanging near Hanuman mandir in UP’s Etawah.

15) Mahila Aikya Vedi state president Nisha Soman said in a press release that the order regarding fare hikes during Hindu festivals issued by state-owned Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is anti-Hindu and a challenge to Hindus. In the months of August, September, and October, there is an increase in fares for express buses. Hindu festivals such as Onam and Navratri are celebrated during this period.

16) A student of Std 10 committed suicide after she was slapped, humiliated and expelled from St. Xavier’s School for sporting a bindi. The incident took place in the Teltulmari neighbourhood in the Dhanbad city of Jharkhand.

17) The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the managing director of a Bengaluru-based private tech company were allegedly killed by ex-employee Felix. The deceased were identified as Vinu Kumar, the CEO, and Panindra Subramanya, the MD, both of Aeronic Media Private Limited, who died on the way to the hospital.

18) In an alarming incident, cricket coach Mehboob Bukhari groomed and raped his minor Hindu girl student in Gujarat’s Rajkot.

19) In yet another shocking case that has been swept under the carpet by our country’s toxic, Adharmic mainstream media, a 12-year-old minor janjatiya girl was gang-raped by 3 Muslim construction workers in Khudel police station area of Indore district, Madhya Pradesh.

20) The Maharashtra Police have booked a Muslim minor boy for threatening a Hindu minor girl and forcing her into marriage. The accused is said to have harassed the girl and then threatened her using a knife in the Pathardi region of Ahmednagar district.

21) Rafiq Munir Pathan was arrested for molesting a NEET student and her sister in broad daylight in Maharashtra’s Pathardi.

22) A Hindu family in Coochbehar district alleged that unidentified goons tried to abduct her minor daughter because they voted for the opposition party, which is Forward Block. When resisted, they were stabbed with sharp weapons.

23) In a horrific love jihad case, Sayam Qureshi lured a Hindu girl, raped and filmed her. He then used the video to blackmail the girl into accepting Islam. The case was reported from Kopargaon Taluka’s Khadki in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar.

24) The Fatehpur police in Uttar Pradesh arrested a 23-year-old Muslim guy on charges of kidnapping, raping and converting a minor Hindu girl to Islam. The 16-year-old victim was lured to the brick kiln by a married individual and father of one child named Saif Ali.

25) LRO (Legal Right Observatory) alleged that the Nashik police are attempting to save Uddhav faction corporator Mushir Sayyed. The organization has sought Deputy CM Fadnavis’ intervention in the case where Sayyed’s gang allegedly stabbed three Hindu traders.

26) Congress ally VCK MP Thirumavalavan called for 100 per cent voting by Muslims and Christians to remove Modi in 2024.

27) RSS swayamsevak Shankar Prasad Dey, who was actively working against cow smugglers, was shot dead by miscreants in Jharkhand.

28) BJP leader Vijay Kumar Singh was killed on Thursday (July 13) in Patna when Bihar Police unleashed a brutal lathi-charge to disperse the party workers protesting against the domicile policy of teachers’ recruitment in the state. Other party leaders, including MLAs and MPs, were also injured in the lathi charge. 

Bangladesh

Attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh are relentless and designed to cleanse the religious minority from the country gradually. According to a study by Prof. Abul Barakat of Dhaka University, no Hindus will be left in Bangladesh by 2050 due to systemic and institutionalized persecution. Temple desecration, land grabbing, mob attacks after false blasphemy charges, rape/forced conversion of women, and hate speech are tools used to intimidate and drive Hindus out.

1) Islamic radicals kidnapped two minor Hindu girls, who are cousin sisters, from the Comilla district. Muhammad Sojib Miyan, Muhammad Shakil and others kidnapped the girls from a road near their home at Telikona Sahapara under the Kotowali Model Police Station area of Coomilla.  

World

1) Canada has become a hotbed of anti-Bharat and anti-Hindu activities as yet another Hindu temple was defaced by Khalistani terrorists. Ahead of a pro-Khalistan rally in Canada, the Bharat Mata Mandir in Brampton was defaced with anti-India posters.

2) Bharatiya student brutally was assaulted with a metal pole by ‘Khalistan Zindabad’ chanting men in Australia.

Most hate crimes are driven by anti-Hindu bigotry encoded in certain religious teachings and political ideologies. While the anti-Hindu hate in Islamic countries is evident, there is another subtler form of anti-Hindu sentiment within institutions and the public sphere of ostensibly secular states (like India) that provides an enabling environment for Hinduphobia and hate crimes. This subtle, everyday discrimination can be missed unless one studies prevailing laws and patterns. The gradual ban on firecrackers during Diwali is a good example – it might seem pollution-related on the surface. Still, the double standards at play become apparent when one looks at the larger picture of restrictions on Hindu festivals and the lack of sound reasoning behind the ban.

We request all readers to share other anti-Hindu hate crimes that we might have missed in this period in the comments below or by emailing [email protected]. We also solicit support in maintaining the Hindu human rights tracker database.