“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.

A significant decline in the Hindu and Sikh population has also happened in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Every year, a few thousand Hindu and Sikh girls are forcefully abducted, converted and married to their abductors in Pakistan. The attack on Nankana Sahib Gurudwara (Sikh Temple) in Pakistan on January 3rd, 2020 is a glaring example.

More recent reports suggest a surge in assaults specifically aimed at Hindus in Bangladesh. These attacks encompass acts of physical aggression, destruction of temples, and intimidation of Hindu persons. According to a 2023 report by the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, there has been a significant increase in instances of violence targeting Hindus, with more than 50 significant assaults documented in the previous year alone (Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, 2023). Frequent outbreaks of violence occur during religious holidays or periods of political turmoil, underscoring a concerning pattern of deliberate hostility.