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 29 October to 04 November 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) Bhagwa Love Trap is only a figment of Islamist imagination that has been created merely to harass Hindu men and counter real cases of Love Jihad, claiming the lives of Hindu women.

2) A protestor participating in a demonstration by TN Muslim parties in support of Palestine said that there were two terrorist states in the world, one being Israel and the other Bharat. The show of “solidarity” was organized by Islamic organizations, Jamaats, and political parties. Thousands of participants gathered in front of Ukkadam Valliammai Bakery to voice their support for the Palestinians. 

3) In the Siddharth Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, another case of love jihad has come to the fore wherein a Muslim man named Saud Alam posed as Raj to lure a Hindu girl staying in Lucknow into his love trap and had sexual relations with her. But when the man vanished after some days, the girl arrived at his house, only to find that he was a Muslim. Following this, she filed a police complaint.

4) A young woman was molested at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh‘s Muzaffarnagar district. The incident took place at a nursing home in the New Mandi Kotwali area. On Thursday (26th October) night, the woman, suffering from dengue, was molested by a ward boy named Shoaib. His act was also captured on CCTV. The incident came to light when the young woman shouted aloud.

5) On Sunday (29 October), hundreds of Muslims gathered in the Mumbra and Thane region of Maharashtra’s Mumbai district to extend support to Palestine amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The protesters raised pro-Palestine slogans and also called to boycott the products being manufactured in Israel. It has further come to light that minor children were made to act like dead bodies in a protest in Sambhaji Nagar (Aurangabad).

6) On 29 October, a young social media rightwing influencer who was famous by the handle ‘SmokingSkills07’ on X (formerly Twitter) passed away due to a heart ailment. Yash, the person behind the handle, was not even 30 years old. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala pointed out how Yash’s death once again exposed the true face of rabid radicalism. While it was a somber occasion for sane and sensible people on X, Left-liberals and Islamists, including Mohammed Zubair, celebrated the sudden demise of the youth and wished his soul to ‘go to hell’.

7) In yet another case of love jihad, a Muslim man from the Chilhiya police station area of ​​Siddharthnagar Nagar district trapped a Hindu girl living in Lucknow by posing as a Hindu. He is said to have had a physical relationship with the girl and subsequently left her to return to his home. The girl is a resident of the Salempur area of ​​Deoria and studies in Lucknow. It was further revealed that the accused was a resident of Ramgarhwa of the Chilhiya police station area.

8) A 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and brutally gang-raped for 20 days by five men in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh. Mohd Arshad, Asim, and five others were booked in the case.

9) An FIR was registered against Samajwadi Party MLA Shazil Islam under the SC/ST Act in the Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly assaulting and hurling casteist slurs at his driver. Complainant Dharmendra, who hails from the Dalit (Scheduled Caste) community, alleged that MLA Shazil Islam Ansari slapped him and used casteist abuses against him over the cleanliness of his car.

10) A 6th-class male student was brutally beaten by his tuition teacher in Kerala. The incident took place in Kollam on Monday evening. The parents filed a complaint against Riyas, a teacher at Pattathanam Academy Tuition Centre. S Rajeev, the boy’s father, said that he was beaten up, alleging his son did not complete his homework.

11) Islamist atrocities on Hindus continue, with news of a minor Hindu girl being burnt alive reported from Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Amethi. According to available information, the 16-year-old victim was repeatedly troubled and molested by the accused. There are also unconfirmed reports of sexual assault before the girl was set on fire. NeoPolitico spoke to the victim’s father, Jitendra Kumar Shukla, who said that she had been molested by the accused in the past, and they had complained to the police regarding the same, but no action was taken against the accused.

12) Hindu Dharma and Bharatiya army were attacked in OP Jindal Global University’s event supporting Hamas.

13) In a shocking case of rape and religious conversion in Ujjain, a Muslim youth identified as Farzan Khan seduced a Hindu girl and took her to Ajmer. He raped her and then took her to his in-laws’ in Rajgarh Biaora. The girl managed to connect with her mother on the phone and narrated the ordeal, following which the police arrested the accused.

14) In a recent ruling, the Madras High Court has granted permission to the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and the Southern Railway to dismantle the Vilayattu Vinayagar Temple situated at the Ranganathan Street junction of Railways Border Road in T. Nagar. The court’s decision allows for the temple’s demolition, with the condition that the murtis be relocated to another site within 15 days.

15) LLB student Tanvir Ahmed was held for molesting and beating up a female classmate at her home. Ten others were also charged in the case. The incident took place in a residential colony in Noida.

16) Popular TV actress Madhura Naik recently revealed that her cousin sister and her husband were brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists amid the Hamas attack. Madhura took to her Instagram handle to share the heartbreaking insides of the attack, and it sent shockwaves across the internet. The actress shared the news about her cousin sister and brother-in-law. She stated that the two were killed right in front of the eyes of their kids in Israel.

17) In another case of love jihad, Fukran Ali trapped a Hindu girl by posing as Sultan Singh. The victim who went missing one and a half years ago was kidnapped by Ali, a mason from Moradabad, who had come to build a toilet in the village. There are accusations of Ali sexually assaulting the girl during the time she was trapped in the accused’s house.

18) Devotees were shocked after the historic Tirupanandal Kasi Mutt Temple tank wall was demolished in Tamil Nadu.

19) Recently, Maharashtra Police booked a person identified as Salman (full name unknown) for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus and the Maratha community by posting ill photographs against Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on Instagram. The accused had posted a video praising the Islamic tyrant Tipu Sultan. The post also showed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bowing and joining hands in request before the Islamist tyrant. 

20) A Muslim youth entered a Hindu temple and urinated inside. The Muslim youth has been identified as Ara Sheikh. As per the sources, the Police arrested the accused youth after the video went viral.  The incident occurred at Kandar village under Salar block of Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

21) The Kerala High Court has banned the bursting of crackers in religious establishments even as Hindus are set to celebrate Deepawali in a week. On 3 November, the Kerala High Court issued a directive to the Deputy Collector of Cochin and various districts within the state to conduct inspections at all religious establishments and confiscate “illegal firecrackers.” The Court emphasized the need for cooperation with the Commissioner of Police in this endeavor.

Pakistan

Abduction, rape, forced conversion, and marriage of minor Hindu girls are common occurrences in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. At least 1,000 minority girls suffer such sex slavery every year in Sindh province alone. Apart from this, Pakistani Hindus face systemic and institutionalized discrimination and neglect, such as frequent attacks on Hindu temples, demonization of education curriculum, police and judicial antipathy, denial of fundamental rights, and even untouchability. This latest instance of the brutal rape and murder of a Bheel woman in Pakistan is yet another proof of the pitiable condition of Hindu minorities in Pakistan.

1) A Hindu Kachhi community residing in Sindh, Pakistan, has faced devastation as a result of hateful acts committed by a Muslim landlord. The landlord’s actions went far beyond mere discrimination; they included the demolition of houses and even a temple, as well as the deliberate setting of fire to an entire Hindu village where families had lived for over four decades.

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) Miscreants vandalized a murti of Maa Manasha Mandir near the Ansar camp area in Patuakhali district town on the night of 30 October.  The OC of Patuakhali Sadar Police Station said that the vigraha of Saraswati Devi at the Mansa temple was vandalized.

World

1) Hinduphobia was on display in Canada in a recent statement by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on caste-based discrimination. The statement has sparked outrage in the Indo-Canadian community.

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.