The failed mass-casualty plot at the Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple in Aurora, Illinois, must serve as a stark, unvarnished wake-up call. When a self-described white supremacist drives to a house of worship with a manifesto detailing his hatred for people of Indian descent with an AR-style rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, it is no longer possible to treat anti-Hindu sentiment as an isolated or minor grievance. The incident is a chilling manifestation of a growing, v