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March 15, 2026
Indians in uproar over visit of far-right US activist Laura Loomer
Laura Loomer, an American far-right activist and staunch supporter of US President Donald Trump, stirred strong reactions on Saturday when she visited India for a media conclave.Â
Loomer, who has often made derogatory remarks against Indians on social media, was invited to TV news channel India Today’s conclave in New Delhi as a speaker. The topic? “Death to Islamic Terrorism: The Trump Approach.”
The news of her visit to India has social media hounds dig up her past posts on the X platform, formerly Twitter, calling Indians “invaders” and accusing them of exploiting the “American Dream” which, according to her, was built by white Europeans, among other posts involving derogatory racial stereotypes.
At the event, Loomer said: “I should not have said some of the things I wrote in the other tweets,” but also stood by her opposition to the H-1B visa program, which has been used by many US tech companies employing Indian workers and which has been subject to controversial modifications by Trump’s administration.
Loomer was confronted by Indian veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai who said her comments “smacked of anti-Indianism, worse still Islamophobia, and even worse, racism, which has no place in today’s world.”
Later on social media, Loomer alleged Sardesai “attacked” her for speaking what she described as the “truth about Islam.”
She doubled down on the Islamophobic comments, accusing journalists of pandering to “Pakistani terrorists” and not doing enough to fight for “the survival of the majority Hindu population of India.”
Hindus make up nearly 80% of the population of India, which has also been home to substantial Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain populations for centuries.
In recent years, right-wing ultranationalist groups have been increasingly loud in their calls to declare India a Hindu nation and enshrine Hindu dominance in law.
Government critics have argued that the rhetoric has been a major driver of increased sectarian tensions and clashes.