A North American Hindu advocacy group has criticised US rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, for equating the swastika with Nazi symbolism, calling the remark “deeply insulting” and historically inaccurate.
The Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) said Ye’s statement had offended nearly two billion people worldwide for whom the swastika is a sacred religious symbol. The organisation said such conflations reinforce long-standing misconceptions about Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions.
