WASHINGTON: Hate speech against minorities, including Muslims and Christians, in India rose by 13 percent in 2025, with most incidents occurring in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, a Washington-based research group said on Tuesday. India Hate Lab documented 1,318 instances of what it called hate speech in 2025, up from 1,165 in 2024 and 668 in 2023, at events such as political rallies, religious processions, protest marches and cultural gatherings.

WASHINGTON: Hate speech against minorities, including Muslims and Christians, in India rose by 13 percent in 2025, with most incidents occurring in states governed by Prime…

Anti-Muslim violence has soared for more than a decade under Indian PM Modi. Now, Christians face the brunt, too.