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00:00 In the southeast of New Delhi, these herders have travelled hundreds of kilometres to sell
00:05 their livestock for the Muslim festival of Eid.
00:08 But their journey gets more and more dangerous.
00:11 Extremist Hindu factions defending national vegetarianism target the trucks transporting
00:16 animals.
00:17 Ali has been selling his goat in this market for the past 12 years.
00:21 He now fears for his life.
00:23 "They are beating us in front of the police and nobody does anything.
00:28 We are afraid that one day we will be surrounded by them and killed.
00:32 Now we have to move our goats in cars because if we take the trucks they will detect us.
00:37 Maybe we should change our jobs because our lives are in danger now."
00:41 This week, a Muslim man was once again murdered while transporting cattle in the southwest
00:46 of the country.
00:47 Fear is omnipresent and is now invading prayer spaces.
00:52 This open ground was one of the 108 public praying spots allocated to the Muslim community
00:57 on the outskirts of Delhi.
01:00 But in 2021, violent protests led by Hindu far-right broke out, preventing Muslims from
01:06 offering the Friday prayer.
01:07 Today, only six public spots are left to pray.
01:11 "Harris, a certain community by not allocating the space and when they are forced to actually
01:18 look out for open spaces which is not disturbing anyone, then you know fringe elements reach
01:23 out at those places, hurl abuses or create an atmosphere of fear amongst them."
01:32 Since Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, violence against the 200 million of Indian
01:37 Muslims has escalated.
01:39 In this 17th century mosque of Delhi, the community feels the division in the society.
01:44 "There is a fear among us nowadays.
01:47 Before everybody, Muslim and Hindu used to celebrate together.
01:50 But now it's not the case anymore.
01:52 There is some kind of gap between people."
01:54 In May 2024, India will hold its next elections.
01:59 Muslims fear a rise of religious hate.
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