Hate speech targeting Hindus: Muslim man threatens Hindus not to enter "Muslim areas" and makes objectionable remarks
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India 
14 September, 2025
Case Summary
In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, a hate speech targeting Hindus was made by a Muslim man named Nadeem. He threatened Hindus and told them not to enter "Muslim areas", meaning any Muslim-dominated locality. According to media reports, this led to communal tensions in the area. A video of Nadeem, who lived near Madina Masjid, went viral on social media, in which he was seen making objectionable remarks against Hindus. In the video, Nadeem said that Hindus should stay only in their own areas and not enter "Muslim areas". He also made provocative remarks by mentioning the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister. As per reports, this video was made during the Abdullah Residency dispute. After the video surfaced, the Lohianagar police station took immediate action, registered a case against Nadeem, and sent him to jail. Hindu organisations described this video as against humanity. Organisation representative Sanchit Sirohi said that they would demand strict action from the authorities. The police officials stated that any communally provocative rhetoric would not be tolerated under any circumstances. They also appealed to the public that if anyone received information about any provocative material, they should immediately inform the police.
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- Violent Threats. Violent threats, explicit, implicit or implied, is the most dangerous form of hate speech since it goes beyond discriminatory and prejudicial language to express the intent of causing harm to an individual or a group of people based on their religious identity and faith. There could be several different kinds of threats that are issued to Hindus based on religious animosity. An explicit threat would mean the direct threat of violence towards an individual Hindu, a group of Hindus or Hindus at large. Physical violence, death threats, threats of destruction of property belonging to Hindus and threats of genocide would mean explicit threats against Hindus for their religious identity. Implicit threats may not be a direct threat but implied through the use of symbols of actions – for example – in the Nupur Sharma case, other than explicit threats, there were also implicit threats when Islamists took to the streets to burn and beat her effigies. It implies that they want to do the same to Nupur Sharma – thereby is considered an implicit threat. Violent threats can be delivered in person, through letters, phone calls, graffiti, or increasingly through social media and other online platforms. It would be important to understand that a threat – explicit or implicit, online or offline – to an individual who happens to be a Hindu does not qualify as a religiously motivated threat. Such a threat, while vile and dangerous, could be owing to non-religious reasons and/or personal animosity. To qualify as a religiously motivated threat, it would need to exhibit an indication that the individual is being targeted for religious reasons and/or owing to his/her religious identity as a Hindu. This case clearly fell within the category of hate speech directed against Hindus. The Muslim accused, Nadeem, specifically targeted Hindus and stated that they were not supposed to enter what he called “Muslim areas”, meaning Muslim-dominated localities. His speech was rooted in religious animosity and was a direct call for Hindus to exclude themselves from certain geographical spaces based on their religious identity. Such rhetoric posed deep threats to the Hindu community, as it rendered them vulnerable, increased their likelihood of being targeted, and legitimised hostility against them. By invoking Islamic supremacy, Nadeem’s words reflected an attempt to impose religious hegemony over the Hindu community and to subjugate them purely because of their faith. This made his statements a clear example of religiously motivated hate speech. Such hate speech about barring Hindus from “Muslim areas” has real-life consequences, often manifesting in attacks on Hindus and their cultural or religious processions when they pass through Muslim-dominated areas. There are several documented instances where Hindu processions were attacked in such localities, showing a clear pattern of hostility against Hindus during religious observances. The mindset displayed by Nadeem in this case aligned precisely with the ideology that fuels such communal attacks against Hindus and their religious processions. Exclusionary ideas like these not only segregate the Hindu community but also translate into violence and targeted aggression against them. The Hinduphobia Tracker had previously documented several instances of communal violence and attacks on Hindu religious processions passing through Muslim-dominated areas, or near places that Muslims considered “Muslim areas” — often localities near mosques or dargahs. For instance, on 7th September 2025, during Ganesh Visarjan in Mandya, Karnataka, a Hindu religious procession was brutally attacked with stones as it passed near a mosque. Stones were hurled from within the premises directly at the devotees. The violence left at least eight Hindus seriously injured, all of whom were rushed to the hospital for urgent treatment. Similarly, in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, Hindu activists were targeted with stone pelting on 8th October 2023. The victims included volunteers from Bajrang Dal and the RSS who were returning from the ‘Shaurya Jagran Yatra’ held in Ranchi. The attack took place in the Muslim-dominated Pelawal area, near a mosque, leaving ten people injured, including a woman. Another violent incident took place on 24th January 2024 in Howrah, West Bengal, during a Ram Navami Shobha Yatra. The Hindu procession, which began in Tikiapara and was heading towards a temple in Gorabazar, was stopped by police at Vishti Para. As tensions grew, Muslims launched a stone-pelting attack in the Muslim-dominated area. Despite brief police intervention, the violence escalated. A Shiva temple was vandalised and posters of Lord Ram were torn by Muslims, leaving the Hindu community deeply hurt and humiliated. In light of these incidents, the current case involving Nadeem in Meerut demonstrates the same pattern of religious animosity motivating hate speech and violence against Hindus. His call to exclude Hindus from so-called “Muslim areas” reflected the same mindset that has triggered assaults on Hindu religious and cultural gatherings in several states. For this reason, the present case has been added to the hate crime database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the date of an incident based on when the hate speech occurred. However, in this case, media reports did not specify the exact date when the Muslim man made the hate speech against Hindus. Therefore, we are using 15th September 2025, the date on which the news was reported in the media, as the indicative date of the incident.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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