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Hinduphobia is a modern term for a far more ancient practice. Hindu Human Rights have traced historical roots in their articles for religious persecution of Hindus since Islamic and British colonialisms. The experiences of Hindus may have other terms to describe them. This list is an evolving document, set up to clarify the historical context for [...]

Scottish Member of Parliament Ash Regan of the Alba party recently tabled a motion addressing Hinduphobia. This is the first time such a motion has been tabled in Scotland and Europe. Regan said that there should be dialogue and education about Hinduism as the Hindu community continues to be targeted. The Hindu community has reported [...]

The U.S. state of Georgia has proposed a bill to recognise Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu prejudice via legislation. This marks the first such statutory measure taken by any US state. In a landmark step towards protecting religious freedom, the U.S. State of Georgia has introduced legislation to recognize and penalize Hinduphobia and anti-Hindu bias. Senate Bill [...]

Even though some of the best classic British comedies like the Carry On movies are in the nostalgic past but fortunately, it lives on with some characters like Right Winger Catherine Blaiklock BP, the founder of the Brexit Party, who tweeted that Halal, Kosher and animal sacrifices for Diwali should be banned, even though it [...]

Some Hindus had sent us a tweet by author Sahana Singh @singhsahana that highlighted a Hindu parenting debate video between Vijaya Viswanathan and Shoba Swamy @ShobhaSwamy6. They wanted to know what we thought about these issues discussed, especially as most of us are born and brought up in the West and never fell into the [...]

Jaanhavi Ganesh, a student at Rutgers University testified at a Congressional Briefing raising the widespread Hinduphobia on the rise, especially at Rutgers University. Hinduphobia is rooted in extreme racism and religious hate which the US already has a long history in but with all the big talk about anti-racism especially indigenous rights, the KKK suit [...]

On 24 February 2024, Lee Anderson had the Conservative parliamentary whip suspended for his refusal to apologise for comments in a GB News discussion on an article by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman where she had stated that “The truth is that the Islamists, the extremists and the antisemites are in charge now”. Anderson alleged [...]

Either dying from medical issues, natural causes, accidents, or being murdered like the 4 students recently in the US within a month raises the deaths of Indian students to around 400 or so since 2018 while abroad. Even though the majority come from Hindu backgrounds we are not saying the ones killed were directly for [...]

As the debate goes on if Hardeep Nijjar was a Khalistani terrorist gunner or an innocent plumber, CNN-News18 dig up more of his past while The Washington Post exposed how badly the Canadian police did the investigation on his murder as more now is coming out of the people who did really kill him and [...]

For those of us born in the West, especially Britain hearing ‘Hindu Nationalism’ shouted out every 5 minutes from the media or academia or politicians in reaction to Hindus speaking up against the prejudices against Hindus and Hinduism often takes us back to childhood when being mocked by racists for being a curry eater meaning [...]