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Social media continues to serve as the critical infrastructure for disseminating and normalizing hate and incitement to violence.

Nearly 88 percent of all hate speech events took place in states governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), reflecting a 25 percent increase from 2024.

Muslims continued to be the most heavily targeted group, with hate speech against Muslims rising by nearly 12 percent from 2024. Anti-Christian hate rose even faster, increasing by nearly 41 percent over the previous year.

We cannot allow hate to be normalized through political silence.

CSOH’s Executive Director Raqib Naik is quoted in The Hill piece examining these developments.

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This silence creates an impression of acceptability and a dangerous environment of impunity that threatens the safety and security of Muslim communities nationwide.

What remains most troubling is the reluctance of political leaders to name the source of this bigotry, often diluting responsibility by framing it as “polarization on all sides.”

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When communities are repeatedly demonized and described using dehumanizing language, it lowers the threshold for harassment, bullying, discrimination and violence. We’ve seen this pattern repeatedly across communities.

The report outlines how these dynamics are deepening vulnerabilities for Christian and Muslim minority communities across the country.

Author @errollouis.bsky.social underscores a crucial reminder: People of goodwill must always be ready to speak up, again and again, to drown out the stale rants of the haters with the voice of a diverse, tolerant democracy.

Only meaningful response is collective solidarity, not internal blame.

Hear Reena Kukreja, Associate Professor at Queen’s University, unpack these trends in depth.

Watch her full remarks: m.youtube.com/watch?v=AZcV...

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This shift demonstrates how coded anti-Muslim hate moves from subcultures into national politics, normalizing harmful rhetoric and raising real-world risks for vulnerable groups.