The annual report on Hate Speech Events in India or 2025 published by the Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSoH) confirms India’s accelerating descent into politics of hate and a disturbing normalization of organized hate crimes.
According to the report, there were a total of 1,318 hate speech events targeting religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, in 2025 across 21 states, one union territory, and the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi. This means that four hate speech events occurred per day, on average.
This, CSOH marks, is a 13% increase from 2024, and 97% increase from 2023, when 668 such incidents were recorded.
The Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSoH) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan US-based think tank which conducts evidence based research on hate, violence, extremism, radicalism and online harms. Their mission is to understand, prevent, and combat the multifaceted phenomena of organised hate against any group defined by characteristics such as religion, race, nationality, caste, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation.