Mayor Eric Adams canceled an appearance next week in Queens with a controversial Hindu leader who for years has faced charges of fomenting anti-Muslim hate in the United States and India, where she was once jailed on charges of hate speech.

Adams was billed as the “guest of honor” in online flyers promoting the joint appearance on July 16 with Kajal Hindusthani in Fresh Meadows. The well-known Hindu activist has drawn fire for calling Muslims “bloodthirsty zombies” in a speech earlier this year. Hindusthani also faced criticism for purportedly urging Hindus to boycott Muslim businesses during an appearance in Dallas last month.

They cited a report from the Center for the Study of Organized Hate, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. The report noted that Hindusthani “delivered an anti-Muslim hate speech” in India claiming that “Muslim fruit vendors and eateries were injecting medicines that were increasingly rendering Hindus impotent and infertile.”

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