
The Hindutva-MAGA Alliance
At the dawn of a second Trump era, American Hindu supremacists are increasingly aligning themselves with the MAGA far right.
Pranay Somayajula is a Washington, DC–based writer who currently serves as advocacy and outreach coordinator for Hindus for Human Rights, a nonprofit founded in 2019 that mobilizes progressive Hindus to speak out against rising hate and fascism. He runs the blog No More Mangoes.
At the dawn of a second Trump era, American Hindu supremacists are increasingly aligning themselves with the MAGA far right.
As the Western far right promotes “great replacement” theory, the Indian right accuses Muslims of trying to outnumber the Hindu majority. After Buffalo’s mass shooting, Joe Biden condemned the former — then praised Narendra Modi, who repeats the latter.