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Bengali Muslims face persecution and displacement in India

Season 2026 Episode 102 | 9m 26s

This month in India, political violence erupted in the eastern state of West Bengal after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party won key elections amid allegations of voter suppression targeting Muslims. Zeba Warsi reports with support from the Unity Productions Foundation on families that are now fighting to prove they belong in the only country they’ve ever known.

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