Hindu deities abused, revered Hindu temple denigrated by Muslim cleric in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh
Lakhimpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 
10 December, 2025
Case Summary
In the Kakarpitta village of Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, Hindu religious sentiments were targeted and insulted by a Muslim man named Maulana Alam Raza. According to reports, the accused, Maulana Alam Raza, a madarsa teacher, was posting derogatory remarks against Hindu deities and the Ram Temple on Facebook and Instagram for several days. In one of his videos (now deleted) targeting the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, the background music carried the lyrics “Shahādat-e-Babrī… Hum tamīr kar lenge,” meaning “The martyrdom of Babri… We will rebuild it.” This provoked widespread anger in the local Hindu community. Hindu organisations, upon discovering that the accused was posting such videos on social media, lodged a formal complaint with the Superintendent of Police, prompting swift action from Phoolbehad police. The Inspector-in-Charge, Santosh Kumar Singh, confirmed that the accused had uploaded indecent comments and circulated a video insulting Hindu gods and goddesses. Police registered a case and arrested him on 8 December 2025. He was produced before the court and subsequently sent to judicial custody.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Hate Speech against Hindus. 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 has been added to the tracker because the accused, Maulana Alam Raza, targeted and abused Hindu deities on social media. Firstly, this clearly constitutes hate speech against Hindus and Hindu deities by the Muslim perpetrator, involving deliberate and public expressions designed to insult and provoke the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. The derogatory remarks directed at Hindu deities aimed to undermine Hindu beliefs, marking it as religiously motivated hate speech targeting Hindus and their faith. Hindu deities are central to the Hindu religion and are deeply revered. Any attempt to mock or abuse them reflects outright religious animosity towards Hinduism. In this case, the derogatory comments were a direct assault on the sanctity of the Hindu faith. This was not a spontaneous or misguided act, but a calculated and premeditated attempt to destabilise Hinduism and the wider Hindu community. Such actions are rarely isolated; they form part of a persistent pattern aimed at disrespecting the Hindu faith, driven by entrenched hostility and contempt for Hindus and their beliefs. Acts of this nature qualify as hate speech because they go far beyond legitimate criticism or debate, seeking instead to demean a religious group and its sacred symbols. The abuse and denigration of Hindu deities arise from deep-rooted religious animosity towards Hindus and their faith. Secondly, the accused also targeted the Ayodhya Ram Mandir by circulating content that glorified the demolished Babri structure and carried explicit calls for its reconstruction, including the line “Hum tamīr kar lenge.” His actions were not random, impulsive, or merely provocative; they were deliberate, targeted, and rooted in hostility towards Hindu identity, Hindu sacred spaces, and the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. The accused intentionally portrayed an old photograph of the disputed Babri Masjid at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya. It is important to note here that he did not use a recent picture of the site; he specifically chose the old photograph of the pre-1992 structure, even though the dispute was conclusively settled by the Supreme Court in 2019. The Court recognised the site as the birthplace of Lord Ram and awarded it for the construction of the Ram Mandir, thereby resolving the decades-long dispute. The dispute no longer exists. neither legally, nor politically, socially, nor historically. Yet the accused revived that imagery intentionally. By deliberately posting the old image, the accused intended to create the false impression that the conflict was still alive, thereby provoking anger, resentment, and a sense of religious grievance within the Muslim community, with the intention of channelling it towards violence against Hindus. It was not an innocent post; it was a calculated attempt to distort reality and generate hostility against the wider Hindu community. In recent times, social media has increasingly become a platform for anti-Hindu hate, with derogatory memes, videos, and messages targeting Hindu religious symbols, practices, and deities. This content contributes to a wider pattern of Hinduphobia and religious hate speech online. Here, the intentional targeting and disparagement of revered Hindu deities by the Muslim perpetrator firmly categorise this incident as religiously motivated hate speech. Therefore, this incident is being recorded in the Hate Crime Database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when an event occurred or when the victim's ordeal began. It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case has specified the exact date when the accused made such comments. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the accused was arrested, 8 December 2025.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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