Talk:Angie Heo

By Rutvi Dattani

Angie Heo is Assistant Professor of the Anthropology and Sociology of Religion at University of Chicago, as of October 2022. Her research interests include Anthropology, Class and Society, Colonial and Post Colonial Studies, Contemporary Diaspora Communities, East Asia, Economics, Global Christianity, Interfaith, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Cultural Studies, Media Studies and Visual Culture.

As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.

In 2021, she endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

References

• Angie Heo page on University of Chicago accessed October 13, 2022