Mosques swarmed by Hindu mobs, vandalized during Holi

In Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu supremacist mob celebrating Holi swarmed a mosque and blasted anti-Muslim songs outside. The lyrics referenced Hindu extremist campaigns to demolish historic mosques in the cities of Kashi and Mathura: “Ayodhya (site of the now-demolished Babri Masjid) has been decorated, Kashi has been decorated; God bless us, we will decorate Mathura too.”

Meanwhile, in Sambhal, Hindu extremists spray-painted “Jai Shri Ram” on the gates of a mosque and threw colors inside its premises. The vandalism occurred in the wake of nearly a dozen mosques in the area being covered with tarp to deter Hindu supremacist attacks. 

Hindu extremists shave Muslim youths’ heads, faces over WhatsApp statuses 

In Solapur, Maharashtra, Hindu extremists attacked and humiliated two Muslim youths for posting WhatsApp statuses about Aurangzeb, a Mughal ruler who is often demonized in Hindu supremacist imaginings of history. The extremists shaved half the victims’ heads and mustaches, before making them kneel and apologize in front of images of Hindu figures. 

BJP leader urges Hindus to report “suspected” Bangladeshis, Rohingya

At a Holi event in Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Aahir Deepak Chaudhary accused “Rohingya and Bangladeshis”, a dogwhistle to refer to Muslims, of “disrupting the atmosphere” of the celebration. Chaudhary claimed that the vulnerable minority groups were “not needed in the constituency” and urged local Hindus to inform him if they “suspected” anyone of being a Bangladeshi immigrant or Rohingya refugee.