As Assam counts its citizens, Muslims fear they may be left out
Bimala Begum is worried. She is among nearly three million married women in India's northeastern state of Assam who have been asked to prove their citizenship.
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Indian or not? Muslims fret amid drive against illegal immigrants
A policeman stands guard after the publication of the first draft of the National Register of Citizens at a NRC centre in Chandamari village in Goalpara district in the northeastern state of Assam, India, Jan 2, 2018. FOFONGA, India: Marzina Bibi, a Muslim woman living in India's northeastern state of Assam, is petrified she will be declared stateless.
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