A right-wing group in India is praying to Hindu gods for Trump's success

This group is very pro-Trump. — (Image credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

A right-wing Hindu nationalist group in India is inspired by Donald Trump — and praying for his victory to Hindu gods.

The dozen members of Hindu Sena chanted mantras and burned a ritual fire of seeds, grass, and clarified butter for Trump's success this week. They are sympathetic to the presumptive Republican nominee because of his rhetoric about Islam, as tensions between Indian Hindus and Muslims have simmered for years.

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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.