American politician Tulsi Gabbard, who is a member of the Democratic Party and a practicing Hindu, took to Twitter on Tuesday to express her anger against the ‘sensationalist and absurd’ portrayal of Hinduism in CNN’s show Believer with Reza Aslan. In a series of tweets, Gabbard accused CNN of using its ‘power and influence to increase people’s misunderstanding and fear of Hinduism’.

Gabbard also accused CNN and the host of ‘repeated false stereotypes about caste, karma and reincarnation that Hindus have been combating tirelessly’ and said that the show gives an ‘ugly impressions of Hindus and their religion’.