The Hour of Lynching - vigilante violence in India

Rakbar, a Muslim dairy farmer, was murdered by a Hindu mob who thought he was taking a cow to be slaughtered for meat. His wife, Asmeena, must undergo an intense iddat (mourning in purdah) and their daughter, Sahila, is forced to abandon school to take care of the household. While the family falls apart, the hate machinery of rightwing Hindu nationalists – politicians and lynch mobs – works overtime to legitimise the killing. Set in a remote village in India, The Hour of Lynching sheds light on a global problem: communities turning on ‘the other’ – sometimes with extreme violence. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/16bR3Lu Support the Guardian ► http://bit.ly/2G1wx4T Today in Focus podcast ► http://bit.ly/2VlqjTf Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► http://bit.ly/2feoDdN The Guardian ► http://bit.ly/1AFLGzy The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://bit.ly/1J9JUwL Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://bit.ly/1yECE17 Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://bit.ly/16bR6H2