Hinduphobia on display: Muslim man incites Muslims to kill all Hindus and make Bangladesh a 'Hindu-free' country
Bangladesh 
30 August, 2026
Case Summary
The Hindu community in Bangladesh was subjected to a call for violence and genocide, as a Muslim man incited Muslims to kill all Hindus and turn Bangladesh into a “Hindu-free” country. The incident came to light after a video of the accused circulated on social media. A Bangladeshi Hindu handle on X (formerly Twitter), “Avro Neel Hindu 🕉️🇧🇩” (@avroneel80), shared the video on 31 August 2026. In the video, a Muslim man was seen attending an Islamic gathering, with Islamic banners visible behind him and several other Muslims standing around him. He made genocidal remarks targeting Hindus in Bangladesh and called for their elimination. In the video, the accused incited the Muslim-majority population of Bangladesh to wage war against and eliminate the country’s Hindu minority. He said that their Muslim ancestors had a history of persecuting Hindus and fighting for Bangladesh, and said that if the need arose, Muslims should eliminate all Hindus from the country. He further called for Hindus to be persecuted to such an extent that they would either be killed or forced to flee to India for their safety. He also called for Bangladesh to be made “Hindu-free”. The accused also urged other Muslims to share the video widely and spread his message among Muslims across Bangladesh. The video circulated widely on social media and prompted outrage from members of the Hindu community. The Hinduphobia Tracker team attempted to identify the accused and investigate whether he had any religious or political affiliations with organisations in Bangladesh. However, these details could not be independently verified at the time of documentation. The identity and affiliations of the accused therefore remained unverified, and the date on which the video was recorded could not be independently established. This incident is part of a broader pattern of persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, which has unfolded in three distinct phases: first, following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024; second, after the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi in December 2025; and third, in the immediate aftermath of the 13th National Parliamentary Election in 2026. Following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, multiple reports documented attacks on Hindu homes, temples, and religious institutions, alongside intimidation campaigns, arson, and mob assaults targeting minority neighbourhoods. The Hinduphobia tracker has recorded 336 such incidents against the Hindu minority, underscoring the scale and persistence of anti-Hindu violence during this period. A further escalation occurred following the death of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a Muslim political activist and student leader known for his anti-Hindu and anti-India rhetoric. Hadi had been involved in political unrest after the fall of the Hasina government and was killed in Dhaka on 18 December 2025 during clashes. In the aftermath of his death, Hindu communities were blamed and subsequently targeted in retaliatory violence. Hindu homes were selectively set ablaze in multiple localities, forcing families to flee and leaving many displaced. The attacks appeared patterned rather than sporadic, with Muslim mobs focusing on Hindu neighbourhoods, properties, and religious symbols. Among the victims was Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched to death and his body was set ablaze by a Muslim mob over false blasphemy allegations. The Hinduphobia tracker documented 51 incidents of anti-Hindu violence in the period following Hadi’s death alone. Such incidents underscore the vulnerability of the Hindu minority amid rising communal hostility and the weaponisation of religious accusations. Reports further indicated that posters and written materials calling for the extermination of Hindus were displayed in public spaces, signalling an alarming normalisation of genocidal rhetoric. When combined with acts of arson, vandalism, assault, and targeted intimidation, these developments suggest a coordinated environment of hostility aimed at terrorising the Hindu community and reinforcing majoritarian dominance. The third phase of violence was unleashed after the 13th National Parliamentary Election 2026. Within days of the announcement of results, Hindu families in districts such as Noakhali, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Sylhet, Thakurgaon, and Dinajpur reported coordinated attacks involving arson, looting, assault, and vandalism of temples and homes. In several instances, Hindu homes were selectively targeted, looted, and families were threatened with displacement.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category selected in this case is: Hate Speech against Hindus. The subcategory selected is: Violent threats. Violent threats, explicit, implicit or implied, is the most dangerous form of hate speech since it goes beyond discriminatory and prejudicial language to express the intent of causing harm to an individual or a group of people based on their religious identity and faith. There could be several different kinds of threats that are issued to Hindus based on religious animosity. An explicit threat would mean the direct threat of violence towards an individual Hindu, a group of Hindus or Hindus at large. Physical violence, death threats, threats of destruction of property belonging to Hindus and threats of genocide would mean explicit threats against Hindus for their religious identity. Implicit threats may not be a direct threat but implied through the use of symbols of actions – for example – in the Nupur Sharma case, other than explicit threats, there were also implicit threats when Islamists took to the streets to burn and beat her effigies. It implies that they want to do the same to Nupur Sharma – thereby is considered an implicit threat. Violent threats can be delivered in person, through letters, phone calls, graffiti, or increasingly through social media and other online platforms. It would be important to understand that a threat – explicit or implicit, online or offline – to an individual who happens to be a Hindu does not qualify as a religiously motivated threat. Such a threat, while vile and dangerous, could be owing to non-religious reasons and/or personal animosity. To qualify as a religiously motivated threat, it would need to exhibit an indication that the individual is being targeted for religious reasons and/or owing to his/her religious identity as a Hindu. The other subcategory selected is: Call for genocide/violence against Hindus/specific sects of Hindus. Hate speech is defined as any speech, gesture, conduct, writing, or display that is prejudicial against a specific individual and/or group of people, which is leading to or may lead to violence, prejudicial action or hate against that individual and/or group. Often, animosity against Hindus or a specific panth/sampradaya/group of Hindus or a specific ideology they hold manifests itself into hate speech and calls for genocide/violence against that specific section of Hindus. For example, it has often been seen that those who hold animosity against the Hindu faith use specific sects/sampradaya/pant of Hindus as a proxy to express hate against Hindus as a whole. It has been seen that the word ‘Hindutva’ has been used to call for violence against those who say they believe in ‘Hindutva’. It is observed that ‘Hindutva’ is only used as a proxy to call for violence against Hindus as a whole, as seen in the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference where speakers admitted that ‘Hindutva’ cannot be eradicated till ‘Hinduism’ is eradicated. The eradication of an entire faith, in turn, is a genocidal call against the entire community that practices that faith. Further, it is also observed that violence against a specific section of Hindus is made, justifying these calls by weaving exaggerated tales of historical injustices. Often, those who hold animosity towards Hindus and their faith attempt to make their animosity more palatable by justifying their hate for a specific section, claiming that they are against that particular section because of their faith in the broader community and the religion they process. Such calls for violence against specific sections of Hindus, as mentioned, is a proxy for their animosity against the entire community and the faith they profess, and therefore, would be considered hate speech under this category. This case was a clear example of religiously driven hate speech, as a Muslim man in Bangladesh incited Muslims to commit violence against Hindus, persecute them, eliminate them from the country and turn Bangladesh into a “Hindu-free” country. The call for the elimination of Hindus from Bangladesh constituted a direct call for genocide and demonstrated religious hostility because the accused targeted Hindus specifically on the basis of their faith. He did not object to any particular action, ideology or conduct of individuals; instead, he treated membership of the Hindu community itself as the basis for persecution and removal. By calling upon Muslims to kill Hindus or force them to flee to India, he indicated that Hindus should be subjected to violence and displacement simply because they belonged to a different religious community. His demand for a “Hindu-free” Bangladesh further showed that the objective was to remove Hindu religious presence from the country altogether. This portrayed Hindus not as equal members of Bangladeshi society, but as a religious group whose presence was considered unacceptable and which therefore had to be eliminated or driven out. The statement thus reflected hostility towards both Hinduism and those who practised it, as it sought to deny an entire religious community its right to remain and live safely in the country because of its faith. By advocating their collective removal through killing or forced displacement, the accused expressed hatred towards Hindus as a religious group and called for their exclusion and destruction on that basis. The statement also constituted a direct violent threat because the accused sought to encourage other Muslims to act against the Hindu community. By calling on the Muslim-majority population to wage war against Hindus, he presented violence as a course of action that should be undertaken against members of a particular religious group. He further urged Muslims to circulate the video and spread his message across Bangladesh, indicating an effort to reach a wider audience and encourage others to adopt and act upon the message. This transformed the statement from an expression of personal hostility into an attempt to incite collective action. The threat was therefore significant not only because of the violence it advocated, but also because it sought to involve others in carrying out that violence against Hindus. The remarks also had to be viewed in the context of the wider persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, particularly following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina’s government in August 2024. Multiple incidents involving attacks, intimidation and other forms of violence against Hindus were documented during this period. Against this background, a public call encouraging Muslims to target Hindus had the potential to reinforce hostility towards an already vulnerable religious minority and contribute to further acts of persecution. The demand for a “Hindu-free” Bangladesh also promoted the exclusion of Hindus from the country on account of their religion, rather than recognising them as an integral part of its religiously diverse population. The statement therefore reflected a form of religious hostility that sought to legitimise the marginalisation and removal of Hindus within a broader environment in which members of the community had faced targeted violence and intimidation. Overall, since this case met the parameters of a hate crime, it was added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the date on which an incident occurred, rather than the date on which it was reported by the media or circulated on social media. However, in the present case, the video containing the statement was undated, and the date on which it was recorded could not be independently established. The only available date was 31 August 2026, when the video was posted on social media. Accordingly, 31 August 2026 has been used as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes only and should not be understood as the confirmed date on which the incident occurred.
Case Status
Unknown
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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