Chicago – June 26, 2026
Amid heightened polarisation and anti-immigrant sentiment in the US, American lawmaker Ilhan Omar has attacked India at an event organised by the Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) earlier in June, accusing the country of being in the “eighth stage of genocide”. Both Ilhan Omar, a Democratic Party Representative, and the IAMC are known for their anti-India stance.
The growth in the population of minority communities in India has been highlighted by the government to counter such allegations. The government has said that a look at India and the subcontinent reveals the facts. While the minority population has grown in India, the Hindus, who are a minority in the neighbouring countries, have faced religious persecution, forcing them to flee, the government has highlighted.
“Reports coming out of India [place it at] the 8th stage of genocide,” Omar said, according to videos and an IAMC statement. “It’s really important for us to continue to raise the alarm, because we know that it is not just the Modi administration that is causing havoc in India, but it is becoming systematic, and it’s becoming societal,” she alleged.
Omar was referring to the 10 stages of genocide devised by Gregory H Stanton, an American jurist and founding president of Genocide Watch.
