American Hindus Against Defamation

September 6, 2025
International
World

‘False villainization’: Hindu American Foundation director speaks up on Peter Navarro’s ‘Brahmin’ attack

Hindu American Foundation director Suhag A Shukla said Peter Navarro’s Brahmin statement was a slur. President Donald Trump’s trade adviser Peter Navarro recently made a snide remark amid the ongoing trade war and said Brahmins are making profits as India continues to buy oil from Russia. A major row broke out over whether he meant […]

September 3, 2025
International
World

‘Colonial-era trope’: Hindu group flags Peter Navarro’s Brahmin remark; urges Donald Trump to sack him

Peter Navarro (File photo) A Hindu advocacy group, HinduPACT’s American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD), on Tuesday demanded the dismissal of top US official Peter Navarro from President Donald Trump’s team, condemning his remarks as “inappropriate and Hinduphobic.” The group objected to Navarro’s reference to caste and his “portrayal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a […]