Anti-Hindu speech: American Christian social media user mocked revered Hindu deity, urged demolition of Hindu idol
United States 
19 September, 2025
Case Summary
A derogatory remark against the revered Hindu deity Lord Hanuman was made by an American Christian handle on X (formerly Twitter). According to available information, the accused's X handle is @basedspinach, also known as 'Spinachbrah'. The user mocked Lord Hanuman by calling him a ''demon monkey''. The accused also called on the US government to desecrate the idol of Lord Hanuman. On 20th September 2025, the accused posted on X: "Now that we are kicking out all of the H1B Indians, it shouldn’t be too hard to get the government to take down this Hindu demon monkey (referring to Lord Hanuman) statue in Fort Bend County, Texas." The tweet escalated into an online attack targeting the Hindu community and India as a Hindu-majority nation, linking it to the H1B visa controversy. The tweet sparked massive outrage among Hindus, who expressed anger and discontent. The $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa applications created significant uncertainty and hardship for Indian professionals. Many Indians feared their prospects of working or returning to the US would diminish, and some rushed back amid concerns of being stranded or losing jobs. This policy was viewed as a deliberate attempt to restrict Indian skilled workers' access to the US job market, forcing many to reconsider their future in America. Notably, this was not the first instance of American Christian users mocking or denigrating Hinduism under the pretext of the H1B visa issue. The Hinduphobia Tracker has previously recorded many such instances of denigration of Hinduism. For example, on 28th December 2024, an American Christian user on X shared an image of the Hindu goddess Kali alongside a quote from Christian saint Francis Xavier: "All the invocations of the pagans are hateful to God because all their gods are devils." In another incident on 29th December 2024, a Christian American user on X mocked Hindu beliefs with a jibe referencing 'Gaumutra,' suggesting that tech companies hiring Indians should provide cows for employee breaks. The user wrote: "Cows are holy for Elon Musk’s H1-B Indian programmers. If you import Indians to replace White Americans in tech jobs, your company should have a few cows at the ready so that your new employees get refreshed during breaks. WATCH!"
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Hate speech against Hindus. Under this, the sub-category selected is- Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. This incident constituted a religiously motivated hate speech and stood as a stark example of American Hinduphobia. Hinduism holds its deities in profound reverence, regarding them as sacred beings. Deliberate acts of idol denigration, as seen in this case, are viewed as deeply offensive and sacrilegious. The mockery of the revered Hindu deity, Lord Hanuman, by the Christian user not only wounded the religious sentiments of Hindus but also revealed a deep-seated hostility towards their polytheistic beliefs and cultural identity. Such actions often arise from entrenched animosity and a clear intent to insult the Hindu faith. These attacks on Hindu religious sentiments, combined with targeted hate towards India as a Hindu-majority nation, demonstrated a pattern of motivated religious hatred and hate speech. Moreover, the user’s abuse of the Hindu deity with terms such as ‘demon monkey’ deeply hurt the feelings of the Hindu community, marking it as a clear, religiously motivated crime. The further demand to the American government to desecrate the sacred idol highlighted a deep-rooted hatred, which can be traced to Christian theological doctrines that hold contempt for non-Christian faiths, labelling them heathens. Hindus regard their deities’ idols with great reverence, seeing them as manifestations of the divine rather than mere decorations. Demanding their desecration stems from a profound hatred for Hinduism, making it a religiously motivated hate speech. Considering similar past incidents where American Christians mocked Hinduism under the guise of the H1B visa controversy, the religious motivations behind this act became even clearer. Therefore, this case has been added to the hate crime database in the Hinduphobia Tracker.
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Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Christian Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
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