Hindu faith mocked: Muslim YouTuber arrested for vulgar and derogatory video insulting Hindu ascetics
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 
24 July, 2025
Case Summary
Hindu sentiments were insulted by a Muslim YouTuber named Aamir, who published content mocking Hindu ascetics and shared obscene material that insulted Hindu gods and goddesses on social media platforms. According to reports, the Muslim accused Aamir, a resident of Hashampur Chauraha in Pakbara, uploaded a so-called comic sketch on his YouTube channel "TRT" in which he dressed as a Hindu ascetic/sage while using obscene and abusive language. The content triggered massive public outrage for its vulgarity and blatant disrespect toward Hinduism. Multiple Hindu organisations, including the Karni Sena and Bajrang Dal, staged protests and filed a complaint with the police, demanding immediate action. The Moradabad Police registered an FIR against Aamir and his team under sections related to obscenity, promoting enmity, and hurting religious sentiments. Police officials confirmed that Aamir had been regularly sharing such vulgar and objectionable videos on his social media platforms for a long time. Aamir was arrested by the police but was granted bail.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: - Hate speech against Hindus. Within it, 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 case has been added to the tracker because Hindu sentiments were insulted by a Muslim YouTuber named Aamir, who shared a highly objectionable and derogatory video while dressed as a Hindu ascetic, thereby polluting the sacred image of Hindu ascetics with vulgarity. Such content not only ridicules Hindu symbols and figures but also reinforces degrading stereotypes that incite suspicion and contempt toward the Hindu community. Content like this creates a hostile environment towards Hindu ascetics in particular and contributes to anti-Hindu hostility in general. The content created and circulated by the accused Muslim YouTuber mocked and insulted Hindu gods and goddesses—central figures of Hindu religious belief. Deliberately insulting Hindu gods and goddesses constitutes a hate crime against Hindus because it targets the most sacred elements of the Hindu faith with the intention to mock, offend, and provoke. Deities are not symbolic figures but central objects of worship, devotion, and identity for Hindus. When obscene or abusive language is used in reference to Hindu gods and goddesses, it amounts to an attack on the core of Hindu religious identity. It is important to note that the video was created by a Muslim man; this was not incidental. Such actions stem from deep-seated religious animosity towards Hindus and are often intended not merely to ridicule but to actively subvert, provoke, devalue, and demonise the Hindu community. The usage of abusive language, combined with obscene portrayals of Hindu figures, is not just disrespectful; it is a direct assault on the religious identity of Hindus. This is not just about one video; it reflects a wider pattern of targeting and dehumanising Hindus in the cultural and digital space. Acts like these are considered hate speech because they go beyond the realm of criticism or debates, seeking instead to denigrate a religious group and its revered deities. Instances of denigrating and abusing Hindu deities or the Hindu community arise from entrenched religious animosity towards Hindus and their faith. In recent times, social media has increasingly become a platform for anti-Hindu hate, with derogatory comments, memes, images, videos, and messages targeting Hindu religious symbols, practices, and deities. Such content forms part of a broader pattern of Hinduphobia and religious hate speech online. In this case, the deliberate targeting and denigrating of revered Hindu ascetics by the perpetrator firmly establishes this act as religiously motivated hate speech, and it is therefore categorised under the hate crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the anti-Hindu video was posted. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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