Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH)

#NewReport: A new investigation by the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) and The Associated Press exposes a disturbing pattern of police shootings targeting Muslims over allegations of cow smuggling in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.

The evidence collected on hundreds of shootings clearly shows that the state institutions, particularly the law enforcement, are increasingly being used as the vehicles for the persecution of Muslim minority.

apnews.comIn India, police shootings of alleged cow smugglers raise alarm about impunity and biasAn Associated Press investigation found that police in India's most populous state have repeatedly shot suspects in the leg, many of them Muslims accused of cow smuggling.

This appears to have evolved into a bureaucratization of persecution, where policing increasingly seems to appear to be intertwined with majoritarian politics. Read the full investigation: apnews.com/article/indi...

We documented 645 such cases involving 772 victims since 2020. Nearly 93% of those injured were Muslim. Across hundreds of encounters, people were shot in strikingly similar locations, often just below the knee.

Since 2017, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Uttar Pradesh, 12,890 people have been injured in police shootings across the state. The state government has not publicly released a religious breakdown of those injured.

Known as “half encounters,” these shootings often involve people being shot in the legs, leaving many with lifelong injuries.

newsday.comSurge in social media hate a growing concern for Long Island's South AsiansA new report that analyzed four social platforms shows a spike in anti-South Asian posts.

South Asian communities on Long Island told Newsday that online hate and misinformation targeting their communities are no longer just offensive. They increasingly feel dangerous. www.newsday.com/long-island/...

"You can have a conversation while being offended and it's totally OK. ... Everyone has the right to freely express themselves. But when that crosses the threshold of imminent harm, that is where we need to draw the line," our ED Raqib Naik told Newsday.

105 members of Congress have signed a letter calling on the FBI to investigate the recent attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Illinois as a potential hate crime and examine whether the suspect received assistance or was radicalised online.

The letter also draws attention to the rising anti-South Asian hate in the US and cites our recent research, which documents an explosive surge in online hate, including racist and dehumanising rhetoric and conspiracy theories rooted in Great Replacement.

csohate.orgThe Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United StatesThis report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.

Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...

📣 Meet the speakers joining us for the Big Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights Conference on November 6 at Stanford University. 📅 November 6 📍 Stanford University 🔗 Register: www.csohate.org/big-tech-dem... #BTDHR2026 #AI #digitalharms #st

At a time when rapid advances in AI are outpacing regulatory oversight, platform design is fueling digital harms, techno-authoritarianism is on the rise, and protections stop at the borders of a few wealthy nations,

we bring together leading voices to examine what it will take to hold tech companies accountable to everyone they affect and to build a just digital future for the Global Majority.

Join us in Tokyo on October 30 for an event on migration, xenophobia, and the politics of belonging in Japan, co-organized with the Institute of Asian Migration at Waseda University.

As more foreign residents build their lives in Japan, public debate about them has become more hostile. Kurdish and Muslim communities have been singled out, and much of that hostility is being fueled online, often borrowing from far-right movements abroad.

Our speakers will share findings from their research, from survey data on public opinion to the everyday experiences of Muslim women. Can’t make it in person? You’re welcome to join virtually: www.csohate.org/event/xenoph...

patch.comPalatine Teen Charged In Alleged Mass Shooting Plan Targeting Hindu Worship SitePolice recovered a rifle, loaded magazines and body armor. Investigators believe an Aurora area attack may have been planned for Sunday.

Today, FBI announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man from Palatine, Illinois, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. patch.com/illinois/pal...

Now more than ever, we need sustained prevention and early intervention to disrupt the pathways through which young people are drawn into extremist ideologies and mobilized toward violence.

csohate.orgThe Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United StatesThis report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.

Report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...

Today, FBI announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man from Palatine, Illinois, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. patch.com/illinois/pal...

While it remains unclear what role digital platforms played in his radicalization, we know that online hate, extremist propaganda, and conspiracy theories create pathways to real-world violence. The danger is not confined to digital spaces.

This incident should be a wake-up call to confront the growing normalization of anti-South Asian hate with the seriousness it demands.

Today, FBI announced the arrest of a 19-year-old man from Palatine, Illinois, accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple. patch.com/illinois/pal...

According to the Palatine Police Department, Alexandros Paporakis, who was taken into custody on October 11, had drafted a manifesto containing white supremacist extremist writings, including references to violence targeting people of South Asian descent, particularly Indians.

Two weeks ago, we released a comprehensive report documenting an explosive surge in anti-South Asian hate online. We warned that the proliferation of racist hate and conspiracy theories, particularly great replacement narratives risks fueling hate-motivated violence.

csohate.orgX’s Enforcement Gaps on Dehumanization and Threats of Violence Against MuslimsThis report tests how X moderates anti-Muslim dehumanization and violent threats, revealing inconsistent enforcement of its own policies.

#NewReport: X’s own policies prohibit violent threats and dehumanizing language, including calls to kill Muslims and burn mosques. Yet these posts are easy to find on the platform, and many stay up even after being reported. Read the full report: www.csohate.org/2026/10/13/x...

Our new report with the Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University documents how X is failing to enforce its rules against violent threats and dehumanization targeting Muslim Americans, as attacks on mosques rise and anti-Muslim bigotry surges online ahead of the 2026 midterms.

CNN’s latest piece examines how right-wing figures like Christopher Rufo and Jonathan Keeperman are reviving the dangerous rhetoric of “Indian Question,” framing an entire community as a problem and echoing a history of exclusion, dehumanisation and violence.

“The real-world harm to these communities doesn’t happen as one straight step. It’s a process. This demonizing, this hysterical, stereotypical, violent language contributes to that process, and people with platforms as huge as Chris Rufo contribute immensely to that process,” our ED told CNN.

www.cnn.com/2026/10/10/u...

cnn.comWhat it means when the right calls Indian Americans a ‘question’ | CNNThe ugly history of discussing some members of society as a problem to be solved.

📣 #Announcement: Big Tech, Democracy & Human Rights Conference is back for a second year. On November 6, we’ll be at Stanford with researchers, technologists, journalists, policy professionals, and advocates for a full day on growing power of tech companies & what it means for the Global Majority.

We’ll get into online harms, platform accountability, AI, surveillance, techno-authoritarianism, and where tech governance goes from here, all of it circling the same question: how do we reshape tech power and build a just digital future for the Global Majority?

csohate.orgBig Tech, Democracy, and Human Rights Conference - 2026One-Day Conference | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Stanford University | Reshaping Tech Power, Building a Just Digital Future for the Global Majority

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The idea that South Asians are “replacing” Americans has become one of the most pervasive narratives driving anti-South Asian hate online. Read our full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...

Nearly 45% of the anti-South Asian hate we documented on X centered on claims that South Asians are taking jobs, “invading” the country, or posing a demographic threat. Immigration and H-1B visas were major flashpoints.

Much of this rhetoric draws directly from Great Replacement and “remigration” narratives. On fringe platforms, it also converges with antisemitic conspiracy theories, which also reveals how hatred targeting South Asians increasingly connects to a wider ecosystem of far-right extremism.

Our Executive Director, Raqib Naik, joined Ayesha Rascoe on NPR’s Weekend Edition Sunday to discuss the rise in anti-South Asian hate in the United States, findings from our recent report, and the factors fueling this surge. Listen to the full segment on NPR: www.npr.org/2026/10/04/n...

The Guardian tested AI chatbots after French far-right politician Julien Odoul altered a photo of a Muslim woman to remove her hijab. Its testing found that several AI tools complied with similar prompts to remove hijabs from images of Muslim women.

“This is just part of an ongoing trend of how we see Muslim communities, and particularly Muslim women, being targeted and abused,” CSOH director of research Eviane Leidig told The Guardian.

Our research has documented similar types of AI-enabled hatred being directed at prominent female Muslim politicians in the US such as Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Six major, interrelated factors that explain the explosion of anti-South Asian hate in the US. Read all the major findings from our report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...

csohate.orgThe Rising Tide of Anti-South Asian Hate in the United StatesThis report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asians across X, 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.

#NewReport: Anti-South Asian hate in the United States has intensified sharply since late 2024, with racist, dehumanizing, and xenophobic slurs and narratives targeting South Asians proliferating across social media platforms. Read and download: www.csohate.org/2026/09/28/a...

Our latest report examines the scale, nature, and tactics of online hate targeting South Asian Americans, including people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and other South Asian backgrounds, across X (formerly Twitter), 4chan, 8chan, and Gab.

On X alone, the monthly volume of anti-South Asian hate increased by 240% from January 2024 to June 2026. The highest levels were concentrated in recent months, indicating that anti-South Asian hate is intensifying at an alarming rate.

22 Sept

Last week, Niala Mohammad, CSOH’s Program Lead on Islamophobia, spoke at the 25 Years of War on Terror conference in DC, organized by the Muslim Counterpublics Lab. Niala spoke on a panel examining adoption & impact of counterterrorism frameworks across Muslim-majority countries. #waronterror

csohate.orgOnline Hate in CzechThis report maps the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examines how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another.

18 Sept

#NewReport: CSOH and Research in Societal Extremism (RISE) at Charles University map the landscape of Czech-language online hate and examine how hateful narratives targeting different minority communities intersect and reinforce one another. Full report: www.csohate.org/2026/09/18/o...

18 Sept

The report documents dehumanizing rhetoric, narratives of criminality and societal collapse, the “Great Replacement,” “Islamization,” and calls for exclusion.

18 Sept

It also finds significant gaps in the response to online hate. The Czech Telecommunications Office (Český telekomunikační úřad), the country’s Digital Services Coordinator, still lacks the statutory powers needed to carry out core functions under the EU’s Digital Services Act.