Vegetarian hotel owned by a Hindu vandalised by Muslims because it didn't serve beef

Case ID : 90a05da | Location : Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh | Date of Incident : Tue, 14 January, 2025
Case ID : 90a05da
location Dhaka, Dhaka District, Bangladesh
date 14 January, 2025
Vegetarian hotel owned by a Hindu vandalised by Muslims because it didn't serve beef
Attack not resulting in death
Attacked for Hindu identity

Case Summary

In Malibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, a vegetarian hotel owned by a Hindu man was attacked by Muslims. They attacked the hotel of this Hindu man because they did not serve non-vegetarian food or beef which the Muslims demanded. Many Hindus are vegetarian, Cow is a holy animal to Hindus but despite knowing this the Muslims continued to harass the Hindu hotel owner to serve meat, including beef. This is the oppression faced by minority Hindus in an Islamic-majority country like Bangladesh.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the category of- Attack not resulting in death. Under this, the sub-category selected is- Attacked for Hindu identity. In several cases, Hindus are attacked merely for their Hindu identity without any perceived provocation. A classic example of this category of religiously motivated hate crime is a murder in 2016. 7 ISIS terrorists were convicted for shooting a school principal in Kanpur because they got ‘triggered’ seeing the Kalava on his wrist and tilak that he had put. In this, the Hindu victim had offered no provocation except for his Hindu religious identity. The motivation for the murder was purely religious, driven by religious supremacy. Such cases where Hindus are targeted merely for their religious identity would be documented as a hate crime under this category. The attack on the vegetarian hotel owned by a Hindu man in Malibagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, constitutes a religiously motivated hate crime against Hindus, rooted in religious animosity and disregard for the beliefs of the Hindu community. The Muslim attackers harassed the Hindu hotel owner for not serving beef, even though Hindus, revere the cow as a sacred animal. The insistence on serving beef, despite the owner's religious convictions, reflects an overt attempt to impose Islamic supremacy on a Hindu owner and a deliberate effort to undermine and challenge his Hindu identity. This attack, in fact, represents not only an assault on the individual but also a broader effort to undermine the cultural and religious rights of the Hindu minority in the Islamic state, constituting a religiously motivated hate crime.

Victim Details

Total Victim

1

Deceased

0


Gender

  • Male 0
  • Female 0
  • Third Gender 0
  • Unknown 1

Caste

  • SC/ST 0
  • OBC 0
  • General 0
  • Unknown 1

Age Group

  • Minor 0
  • Adult 0
  • Senior Citizen 0
  • Unknown 1
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Perpetrators Details

Perpetrators


Muslim Extremists

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Unknown

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