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Violence against Hindus

News Reports

Bangladesh interim government once again downplays communal violence against Hindus and other minorities, claims they were political attacks

OpIndia Staff - 12 January, 2025

According to Bangladeshi authorities, only 1.59% of the 1,415 investigated incidents of violence against Hindus and other minorities occurred due to communal reasons.

News Reports

Growing attacks against Hindus on Diwali: Tracking 2 decades of violent attacks during the biggest Hindu festival

Shraddha Pandey - 9 November, 2024

24 incidents from the year 2024 to 2005, wherein Hindus celebrating Diwali were attacked by Islamists using trivial excuses or in a blatant demonstration of their hate for the Kafirs

News Reports

Amidst rising Hinduphobia, a resolution passed in the US to label Hindu Groups as ‘severe hate groups’, ‘offshoots of RSS’

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2022

A resolution designating various Hindu organisations as severe hate groups was passed in the US.

News Reports

Leicester violence against Hindu community: 21-year-old Adam Yusuf sentenced for carrying a knife, second sentencing in 2 days

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2022

This is the second sentencing in Leicester violence case after one Amos Noronha was sentenced to 10 months in jail.

Media

The Wire quotes terror sympathiser Majid Freeman, who dog-whistled against Hindus in Leicester, to demonize Hindus

OpIndia Staff - 20 September, 2022

Majid Freeman was at the forefront of spreading fake news that instigated violence against Hindus in Leicester. The Wire quoted him and termed him a local 'activist'.