Modi’s War on Muslim Women
Since the election of Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacist government, Muslims in India have faced an escalating campaign of persecution – with women at the frontline of the violence.
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Amrit Wilson is a writer and activist with a focus on race and gender in British and South Asian politics, and a member of South Asia Solidarity Group. Her 1978 book Finding a Voice: Asian Women in Britain won the Martin Luther King Award.
Since the election of Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacist government, Muslims in India have faced an escalating campaign of persecution – with women at the frontline of the violence.
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