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The CoHNA Youth Action Network (CYAN) has condemned the \u201cviolent assault\u201d of a Sikh student near MacQuarrie Hall on February 7 at San Jose State University, where he was reportedly attacked by a group of individuals, \u201cforced to the ground, and had his turban torn off.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a reprehensible act of hate and intimidation,\u201d CYAN said in a statement.<\/p>\n
According to the organization, the attackers allegedly used \u201cHindu\u201d as a slur during the assault, which CYAN characterized as a case of \u201cHinduphobia.\u201d The group noted that although the victim was an observant Sikh student, the reported use of the term \u201cHindu\u201d in conjunction with violence reflected what it described as the attackers\u2019 \u201cintended bigotry.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis should not be viewed as an isolated incident. It fits a clear, escalating pattern of Hinduphobia,\u201d the statement said. CYAN added that over the past three years, hate targeting Hindus in California has increased in ways that are both visible and measurable, ranging from \u201cslurs and intimidation to attacks on sacred spaces.\u201d Between December 2023 and March 2025, four Hindu temples were vandalized, including what it described as the state\u2019s largest Hindu temple and two in the Bay Area.<\/p>\n
Citing statewide data, the organization also pointed to findings from a 2024 report by the California Civil Rights Department, which indicated that nearly a quarter of reported religion-based hate incidents targeted Hindus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to the report, anti-Jewish incidents accounted for 36.9 percent, anti-Hindu incidents for 23.3 percent, and anti-Muslim incidents for 14.6 percent of reported cases. CYAN also referenced California\u2019s 2025 hate crime report, stating that anti-Hindu incidents have risen for four consecutive years. \u201cWhen you zoom out, it\u2019s impossible to pretend this was random or disconnected,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe stand with the Sikh student and the Sikh community on campus. At the same time, we refuse to accept the erasure of the Hinduphobic element of this incident,\u201d the organization said. \u201cNaming the bias incident appropriately is not just optional; it is the bare minimum for accountability, for prevention, and for student safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
CYAN further stated that reports indicating the assailants were non-students raised concerns about campus security and the safety of Hindu and Indian students.<\/p>\n
The organization called on university leadership to take immediate action, including explicitly acknowledging and condemning Hinduphobia, engaging directly with Hindu student organizations to provide trauma-informed support, and implementing Hindu and Sikh awareness programming while strengthening campus-wide protections.<\/p>\n
\u201cHindu students deserve protection, dignity, and inclusion just like every other community on campus. And it is the University\u2019s responsibility to ensure these fundamental rights are not ignored,\u201d the statement added.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"36 The CoHNA Youth Action Network (CYAN) has condemned the \u201cviolent assault\u201d of a Sikh student near MacQuarrie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-179205","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}