Hinduphobia

Another 'America First' activist called the Trump administration a “joke” as US President Donald Trump celebrated Diwali in the White House along with prominent Hindu Americans.

The Republican leaders referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people”. They also discussed putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery, POLITICO reported.

On 5th October 2025, Mamdani visited two of the oldest Hindu temples in New York’s Flushing, the Sri Maha Vallabha Ganapathy Temple and the Hindu Temple Society of North America. Visuals of him receiving a warm welcome at the temple wearing garland and scarf surfaced online. The people around him were seen holding placards reading “Hindus for Zohran for New York City”.

Rutgers University’s ‘Hindutva in America’ discussion projected Hindu groups as extremists while legitimising Khalistani and Islamist propaganda, using academic platforms to distort facts and attack legitimate Hindu advocacy organisations working for community rights and interfaith harmony in the United States.

Audrey Truschke further dismisses Hinduphobia as ‘non-existent’ and to do so, she relies on references from ‘scholars’ and ‘progressive’ Hindu Americans. Now, Truschke’s ‘progressive Hindu Americans’ are none other than “Hindus for Human Rights” (HfHR), a George Soros-funded anti-Hindu and anti-India outfit run by Sunita Vishwanath.

“Hello @TexasGOP, will you be disciplining your senate candidate from your party who openly contravenes your own guidelines against discrimination—displaying some pretty sordid anti-Hindu hate—not to mention disrespect for the 1st Amendment’s Establishment Clause?” the HAF said.

Jinto John expressed regret and claimed that it was a slip of tongue after BJP's stinging attack on him and Congress.

When the petitioner asked for restoration of beheaded Lord Vishnu idol at Javari temple in Khajuraho, CJI BR Gavai mocked him, asking him to pray

The celebration attracted action by the Kerala Police, who booked several people for creating the floral art allegedly with the intention of "creating a riot".

Ashish Sharma said that Sameer Mursil Khan has been harassing him due to his Hindu religion since the past year.