Muslim men chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and threaten India’s destruction, in the aftermath of India’s retaliation to Pahalgam Hindu massacre
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 
16 May, 2025
Case Summary
In Indore, Madhya Pradesh, three Muslim men raised 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans. They also threatened India's destruction in one night. The incident occurred amidst the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict. One of the three accused was identified as Mohammad Javed. According to reports, Mohammad Javed, originally from Bihar, was working as a contractor on the metro project in Indore. A video of the incident went viral on the internet, showing one man recording the video and two others in the same vicinity. One of them was in the kitchen, while the other was cutting watermelon. One of the accused raised pro-Pakistan slogans, while the other claimed that India would be destroyed in a single night. They also abused Prime Minister Modi The Karni Sena approached the Gandhi Nagar police station in Indore and lodged a police complaint regarding the incident. They subsequently received information about Javed's whereabouts. They then located him, apprehended him after a physical altercation, and handed him over to the police. The police arrested Javed, launched an investigation into the case, and began searching for the other two accused. The police assured Hindu organisations that the case would be thoroughly investigated and that the remaining accused would be arrested as soon as possible. A senior police official also stated that the accused, Javed, possessed three ID cards and that this would also be investigated. India carried out ‘Operation Sindoor’ on May 7, 2025, destroying nine terrorist camps in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The Pahalgam Hindu massacre was a deadly Islamic terrorist attack that took place on April 22, 2025, in the Pahalgam region of Jammu and Kashmir, where Islamic terrorists specifically targeted Hindu tourists, asking their religion before executing them. India strongly condemned this act of Islamic terrorism, particularly emphasising the brutality of targeting people solely based on their religious identity. The military operation was a firm retaliation aimed at dismantling the terror camps in Pakistan harbouring and training Islamic terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam Hindu massacre.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Hate Speech against Hindus. Within this, the subcategory 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 case is added to the database as Muslims chant pro-Pakistan slogans and threaten India's destruction. Here, a few people could argue that the slogan of 'Pakistan Zindabad' can be considered anti-India and pro-Pakistan, but not anti-Hindu. However, raising slogans such as Pakistan Zindabad not only show pro-Pakistan sentiments, but also anti-Hindu sentiments. It is pertinent to note that Muslim extremists harbour specific animosity towards Hindus and their faith and also view India as a Hindu collectivity. The very basis of the partition of India was that the Muslims believed that Islam was a nation unto itself, which could not survive with a Hindu collectivity like India. Further, Muslims often believe in transnational unity - or the Ummah - which is a belief that all Muslims across the world are a nation unto themselves and therefore, loyalty as far as the nation-state is concerned lies with the Muslim collectivity and not with a Hindu collectivity like India. This would also mean that the slogan Pakistan Zindabad and threatening India's destruction is actually about hailing a Muslim collectivity and an expression of transnational loyalty and anti-Hindu sentiments. For that reason, any slogan which expresses transnational loyalty, faith in the Ummah, is automatically a slogan against Hindus and the Hindu collectivity. Thus, this case is added to the hate crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the pro-Pakistan slogans were raised. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media.
Case Status
Case sub-judice
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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