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“Hinduphobia has absolutely no place in our society anywhere and we must all fight this together,” – Sir Keir Starmer.   UK Opposition Labour Leader Keir Starmer vows to combat ‘Hinduphobia’ Addressing one of Europe’s largest Navratri celebrations here on Wednesday evening, Labour Leader Keir Starmer told a gathering of hundreds of British Indians that [...]

While Pandit Satish eloquently exposes Hinduphobia in the media, You always know from past experiences that when you take a step forward for the Hindu cause then suddenly ahead Hind00 A-holery is about to land taking the Hindu cause a million steps backwards which happens when Niten Metha opens his gob at denying there is [...]

A recent report on an online portal (2018) expressing concern about a sword-carrying Hanuman Jayanthi procession in Noida led to a formidable social media backlash centered around the hashtag BajrangiTwitter. At the centre of this controversy was the characterisation of a now ubiquitous image of Hanuman by the author of the report (and others before) [...]

On both left and right, India and Hindus are castigated for the unequal caste system. The only difference is that sometimes the ‘right’ actually supports it as a means to both racial and class inequality. Here we encounter the first problem. Caste was never based on race. [...]

The Independent newspaper was established in 1986, the founders intended its political stance to reflect the centre of the British political spectrum. However, it has been seen as left-leaning, a competitor to the liberal Guardian. What it also shares with the Guardian is its extreme anti-Hindu animus which compromises the very idea of it actually [...]

For the second generation of immigrants growing up in Britain, violence from neo-nazi groups such as the NF, BNP and Combat 18 was a regular if not daily hazard. Add to that the more general racism that pervaded life. This is where it starts from. The fanatic ideological commitment to vilify an entire community or [...]

A Hindu temple has been raided for the fifth time since May with thousands of pounds in cash stolen and rooms vandalised. Collection boxes with the money were taken from the Swindon Hindu Temple and doors were damaged in the break-in. The main altar of the temple – where the deities are placed – was [...]

Over the last few weeks, Hindus in Aotearoa have been shocked to find out about a publication by Massey University promoting Hinduphobia and Hindumisia. The paper titled ‘Cultural Hindutva and Islamophobia’ was authored by Prof. Mohan J. Dutta, Dean’s Chair Professor in Communication, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University. The paper was a [...]

This vicious unprovoked war against Hinduism has been going on for a long time, causing huge damage not only to Hindus and the Indian subcontinent but to the entire human kind, [...]

A controversy has broken out over a reported conference at the University of Toronto in Canada. The topic of the conference is reported to be 'Dismantling Global Hindutva'. Members of the Indian diaspora in Canada reportedly held protests against the conference, asking the University to withdraw its endorsement of the event. They reportedly marched to [...]