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Lost Coast Brewery and Cafe Demeans Lord Ganesha, Prints Lord Ganesha on Beer Packaging Material

Lost Coast Brewery and Café, based in Eureka, California prints the photo of Lord Ganesha on beer bottles. Based on the web archive, the product has been in the market since at least July 2013.

Perpetrator: Lost Coast Brewery and Café
Eureka, CA
Attack Property: Destruction, Vandalism
Melshizedek Reyes and Peter Bergman Vandalize and Desecrate Hare Krishna Temple during service.

On May 3, 2013, Melshizedek Reyes, 25, of Volusia County, and Peter Bergman, 54, enters the Hare Krishna temple in Alachua, Florida, while the prayer service is going on. The two men throw the…

Perpetrator: Melshizedek Reyes and Peter Bergman
Alachua, FL
Physical Attack: Murder
Erika Menendez Shoves Sunando Sen on subway track, Kills him for religious hate.

On December 27, 2012, Erika Menendez, a 31-year-old Queens woman, pushed Sunando Sen to death in front of a subway train. 'I hate Hindus and Muslims,' Erika Menendez told authorities

Perpetrator: Erika Menendez
Queens, NY
Attack Property: Destruction, Vandalism
Ray Lazier Lengend Firebombs a private residence that housed a Hindu Temple.

On January 1, 2012, Ray Lazier Lengend, from Queens, NY, went on a firebombing spree that included a private residence that housed a Hindu temple, among places of worship of other faiths. Lengend,…

Perpetrator: Ray Lazier
Queens, NY
Systemic Erosion: Distortion, Suggestive Stories
Reza Pirbhai Insinuates Hinduism Invented by European Orientalists

Reza Pirbhai, Associate Professor of South-Asian Studies at Louisiana State University, in April 2008 piece in the Cambridge (UK) periodical, Modern Intellectual History (vol.5.1, 2008, p.27-53),…

Perpetrator: Reza Pirbhai
Baton Rouge, LA
Attack Property: Destruction, Vandalism
Christian kids Attack Hindu Temple, throwing Petrol Bomb in Temple premises.

On August 4, 2007, the same group of teenagers who conducted the July attack on the Sri Lakshmi temple in Ashland, Massachusetts, carried out another attack, throwing Molotov cocktails on the…

Perpetrator: Unknown Miscreants
Ashland, MA
Physical Attack: Murder, Assault
Iftekhar Murtaza Kills Hindu Ex-Girlfriend’s Family Members for Breakup Due to Religious Differences, Sets House on Fire

On May 21, 2007 at Anaheim, near Los Angeles, Iftekhar Murtaza, a Bangladeshi national, killed Jayprakash Dhanak, 56, and his daughter Karishma Dhanak, 20 and set their house on fire. The victims…

Perpetrator: Iftekhar Murtaza
Anaheim, CA
Attack Property: Destruction, Vandalism
Paul Spakousky and Tyler Toumie Vandalize Maple Grove Hindu Mandir, Destroys Many Sacred Statues

On April 6, 2006, Paul Spakousky and Tyler Toumie vandalize Maple Grove Hindu Mandir in Maple Grove, Minnesota. The vandals kicked-in temple doors, smashed windows and destroyed marble and granite…

Perpetrator: Paul Spakousky and Tyler Toumie
Maple Grove, MN
Attack Property: Vandalism
Antony Picciolo Spray Painted Hate Messages on the Sri Lakshmi Temple

On October 31, 2003, in Ashland, Massachusetts, Antony Picciolo spray-painted 'Sand N------ beware,' and 'head,' on a rock near Sri Lakshmi Temple on Route 135 in Ashland near the Framingham line.…

Perpetrator: Antony Picciolo
Ashland, MA