Hindu diaspora below assault: The rising traits of worldwide Hinduphobia, assaults by Islamists and propaganda

Recent cases of focused hate crimes in opposition to the Hindu neighborhood and its temples by Khalistani and Islamic radicals in Canada, the USA and the UK level in direction of the worrying traits of rising Hinduphobia within the West.

The on a regular basis cases of discrimination and violence in opposition to Hindus as a result of Islamic extremism are widespread within the Indian subcontinent. Hindus have endured this struggling for ages. However, latest assaults on them in so-called liberal democracies have again and again proved that there isn’t a escape from this violent Islamic ideology and so-called liberals and Khalistani are helpful idiots on this hateful marketing campaign by Islamists in opposition to Hindus.   

Network Contagion Research Institute, a US-based scientific analysis group in its latest report factors out that there was a 1,000 per cent rise in anti-Hindu hate and assaults on the members of the neighborhood the world over, together with within the USA. The report displays the harmful hybridization of hate in opposition to the Hindu diaspora notably within the West. In the phrases of Joel Finkelstein co-founder of the Network Contagion Research Institute, “We’ve seen that there’s been a growth of over 1,000 per cent and anti-Hindu slurs are stoking fears of replacement mixing with anti-semitic memes, with other forms of narratives, and hatred shared by white supremacists, by Islamists, and others, and creating a toxic atmosphere of hostility”.

This article with the assistance of unbiased stories and plenty of latest cases of hate crimes and discrimination in opposition to the Hindu diaspora neighborhood reveals the rising pattern of Hindu phobia in international locations just like the USA, Canada and the UK.

To begin with, North America has served as a pure house for Indian expertise from varied walks of life and Indian Americans notably Hindus have an enormous position within the prosperity of this area. However, in latest occasions that is more and more turning into unsafe for American Hindus. Reports of a US-based organisation particularly Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) sheds extra mild on rising hate crimes in opposition to Hindus. This organisation in its assertion factors out that

“Hindus are a vibrant and diverse community that has contributed significantly to American progress, well-being, and democratic values, whether during the COVID-19 pandemic or in the day-to-day things that make the US a great nation”. “Yet, our community is often the target of bigotry and hate, as witnessed in the recent attack on a local temple in New York and the twice desecration of the Gandhi statue on temple premises”.

Similar findings have been identified in a historic examine executed by researchers at Rutgers University on the rise of Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu hatred on social media and different messaging platforms. According to it, there was a dramatic rise in hate speech and hateful memes directed in direction of the Hindu neighborhood throughout social media platforms typically amplified by Islamists and Khalistani radical parts accusing Hindus of committing genocide of minorities in India. The examine finds that Islamists and different extremists are more and more utilizing genocide memes, tropes and code phrases to unfold Hinduphobia. For instance, the time period ‘Pajeet’ has been prominently used to explain Hindus in a derogatory method. Also, deliberate makes use of of Hindu non secular symbols just like the Swastika are executed for ulterior motives like violence in opposition to Hindus and the defacement of Hindu temples. These findings about rising hate crimes in opposition to Indian Americans additional will get verified by the 2020 FBI information,  in keeping with which hate crimes in opposition to Indian Americans are up by 500 per cent. And the irony is that that is regardless of the actual fact greater than 100 Indian-origin individuals are occupying distinguished positions within the authorities. 

A Delhi-based suppose tank particularly Centre for Democracy, Pluralism and Human Rights (CDPHR) working within the area of human rights in its lately launched report on human rights within the USA has additionally pointed in direction of the rampant discrimination and hate crimes in opposition to the peaceable Hindu diaspora neighborhood. In the phrases of Dr Prerna Malhotra, head of CDPHR, “Freedom of Religion is one area in which the USA makes much noise, but it fails in practice as it has its own preferred religions. Religious minorities, particularly non-Abrahamic religions, like Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, and Jains routinely face discrimination”. This report additionally factors out that North American Universities have been sponsoring assaults on Hinduism. For instance, lately, the University of California at Davis sponsored a Hindu phobic convention which focused Hinduism and propagated the hateful messages of sure Christian and Islamic fundamentalists. Also, Hindus have been a selected goal of the racially entrenched North American political institution, media and academia.

In North America, Canada is worse so far as hate crimes in opposition to Hindus are involved. Here, with lively help from the political institution to Khalistani radicals, hate crimes in opposition to Hindus have seen a rising pattern in latest occasions, notably throughout and within the aftermath of farm regulation protests in India. Hindu temples specifically are targets of those hate crimes. The scenario has develop into so worse that the Indian authorities is routinely issuing an advisory for Indians residing in Canada on many events. Chandra Arya, a Canadian lawmaker whereas talking within the House of Commons clearly burdened that “The increasingly vocal and well-organised anti-India and anti-Hindu groups in Canada has resulted in increasing anti-Hindu sentiments and Hindu-Canadians are legitimately concerned about rising Hinduphobia in Canada”. This worrying pattern will get mirrored within the report of Statistics Canada, an official Canadian authorities company which factors out that there was a 72 per cent surge in incidents of hate crime between 2019 and 2021 and Canadian Hindus are main victims of this. 

Whether it’s the sacrilege of Swaminarayan Mandir in Toronto or defacement of one other Hindu temple in New York or the latest violence at Leicester within the UK, the position of Khalistani separatists in fomenting anti-Hindu sentiments is more and more being seen. These Khalistani radicals typically working hand in glove with Islamists have develop into a menace to the peaceable Hindu diaspora within the West. They routinely intimidate Hindus on distinguished Hindu festivals or on Indian independence or republic day capabilities. For instance, on the event of fifteenth August, A UK-based Khalistani group proudly confessed that they (Sikh radicals) vehemently opposed and pushed Hindus out of Slough metropolis of UK. Similarly, in a disgusting incident at fast-food joint Taco Bell in California’s Fremont, a Sikh radical named Tejinder Singh verbally harassed Krishnan Jayaraman for being a practising Hindu and ridiculed his non secular beliefs. 

In the Western world, the United Kingdom is one other centre of Islamic and Khalistani radicalisation. From being a recruiting floor for ISIS to Jihadi grooming gangs at house, it has develop into a serious hotspot for hate crimes in opposition to the profitable Hindu neighborhood. Its political institution has allowed this illness of Islamic radicalisation to foster within the title of multiculturalism and in pursuit of appeasement politics. UK Home Office information reveals hate crimes in opposition to Hindus have gone up from 58 in 2017-18 to 166 in 2020-21, an increase of just about 200 per cent in simply 4 years. These crimes contain racial abuses, violent assaults on Hindus and vandalism of their properties and temples. 

A latest incident of a Muslim mob vandalising a temple and several other properties belonging to members of the Hindu neighborhood in Leicester metropolis of United Kingdom summarises the fixed worry below which Hindus are pressured to dwell within the Western cities with important Muslim and Khalistani demography. These latest focused assaults in opposition to Hindus come after the defeat of Pakistan within the Asia Cup cricket match on August 28 between India and Pakistan. Though for Islamists mere existence of Hindus is a grave provocation however minor cases like loss at a cricket match present them a possibility to vent out their hatred in opposition to Hindus.

The spate of hate crimes in opposition to Hindus has considerably elevated throughout and after the farm legal guidelines and CAA agitation in India. The rising pattern of Hinduphobia within the UK can also be mirrored within the lately launched report of the Centre for Holistic and Integrated Studies (CHIS) which observes that “An incisive study of the cases of Hinduphobia in the UK show that Muslims and other adversaries have attacked Hindus time and again over issues which are central to Hindu culture. For instance, on many occasions, Hindu festivities have been disrupted, their temples vandalised, their deities mocked, and religious symbols destroyed. This reflects the deep-seated hatred and fear that Islamists hold for Hindu civilisation. In the last one-year, religious hate crimes have increased by 9 per cent in the UK. As observed on the ground, Hinduphobia has risen severely”.

The above description of a worrying pattern of Hinduphobia clearly exposes the inhumane Hinduphobic propensity of Western liberal democracies. However, what’s worse is that regardless of being the sufferer of those violent assaults, Hindus are painted as aggressors because of the full narrative management by Islamists, Khalistani and liberals together with brown Hindu sepoys. Western media with help from their Indian counterparts have performed the position of whitewashing the crimes of Islamists and Khalistani radicals.

For instance, Pratap Bhanu Mehta in his article (Exporting division, IE, September 23) blamed the Modi authorities being in energy as the explanation for the latest Leicester riots and referred to as on MEA to difficulty a press release instructing Hindus within the UK to not chant “Jai Shri Ram” in so-called “Muslim Areas”. Today anti-India protests in these international locations are synonymous with anti-Hindu sentiments. Hindu diaspora, for more often than not, has proven reluctance to talk in opposition to this hatred however they’ll not afford this silence. Despite being at key political, administrative and enterprise positions, being painted as an aggressor reveals the narrative slipping out of the arms of profitable Hindus and that’s why it’s needed for the neighborhood to boost their voice on all platforms in opposition to the unholy alliance of Islamists-Khalisanis and liberals explicit brown sepoys. At the identical time, it’s the civilizational obligation of the Indian authorities to guard the pursuits of the Hindu diaspora and mere routine condemnation by way of MEA won’t do a lot now.