Raqib Hameed Naik is a multimedia journalist and founder of Hindutva Watch, a hate tracker that documents the rise of Hindu nationalism and the persecution of religious minorities in India. The project has been described by The Washington Post as one of India's only and most comprehensive real-time datasets of hate crimes. 

He is also the founder of India Hate Lab, a research group that studies hate speech, disinformation, and conspiracy theories targeting religious minorities.

Born and raised in Kashmir, he has nearly a decade of reporting experience in India, Kashmir, China, and the United States. His work focuses on political conflict, human rights, religious minorities, refugees, press freedom, the environment, and Hindu nationalism.

His words, photographs, and documentaries have appeared or been quoted or used by Al Jazeera, The Nation Magazine, The W...