India must protest attacks on temple, gurudwara, monastery too
religious hatred towards minorities, particularly Hindus, in Bangladesh following the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government. Attacks against minority groups, including the approximately 12 million Hindus, have resulted in many casualties. A number of groups in Bangladesh have held protest marches, including those representing Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity.
While the situation is returning to an uneasy normal, what is surprising is almost no world leader spoke out against it. Would the international community's response have been different if the victims had been Muslims, Christians, or Jews instead of Hindus?
With increasing polarisation around the world on a range of issues, the most visible and widening split is now based on religion, notably between Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic faiths.
For the first time, in October 2021, India raised religious hatred or religiophobia against non-Abrahamic religions at the United Nations.
There were specific reasons why India did so. Firstly, the United Nations and the rest of the world have repeatedly condemned phobias against the three Abrahamic religions: anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and Christianophobia. And rightly so. Let there be no doubt that religious hatred towards any religion should be condemned. These three were explicitly mentioned in UN resolutions, while others were excluded.
However, the reality is different. In the last decade or so, attacks on non-Abrahamic religions have increased exponentially. We are now witnessing contemporary forms
