Talking to reporters, Mayor Pandey claimed that the temples, which were once integral to the community, have either been encroached or fallen into disrepair. “Decades ago, this area was home to more than 100 temples—one after every ten houses. Today, they are nowhere to be seen. Even idols are missing, and the temples are either dilapidated or occupied,” she added.

India on Monday condemned the “acts of violence perpetrated by extremists and separatists” at the Hindu Sabha Temple in Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario and called on the Justin Trudeau government to ensure that all places of worship in the country are adequately protected.

“The biggest project of the US Baptist Church in India right now is ‘Nagaland for Christ,’ which is supported by banned militant groups like the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) and other separatist organisations,” stated the Foreign Evangelists’ Cyber Monitoring Desk (Kohima), part of the Indian non-profit Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), in an interview with Sputnik India. “Dozens of Western missionaries, including those from the US and other Western countries, are present in Nagaland. Many of them have in the past have disregarded tourist visa norms and engaged in religious work

The BAPS Mandir in Melville, New York, like all BAPS Mandirs worldwide, stands as a beacon of peace, harmony, equality, selfless service, and universal Hindu values. Upon learning of the hateful vandalism, the local authorities were called, and BAPS is working fully with the authorities to support their investigation into this hate crime.

One of the key reasons for the silence of American woke culture on the plight of Bangladeshi Hindus is the lack of media coverage. The Western media tends to concentrate on issues that align with its strategic interests. Consequently, atrocities committed against a minority group in Bangladesh which does not have loud and politically entrenched supporters in the United States, do not receive adequate media attention.