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It’s estimated that nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled from Myanmar to the relative safety of Cox’s Bazar, a district of eastern Bangladesh – the fastest refugee movement since the Rwandan genocide. Often referred to as one of the world’s most persecuted minorities, the Rohingya are predominantly Sunni Muslim, but other faiths have been caught up in the violence and fled to the camps, including a community of Hindus.

Secunder Kermani visits the camps during Ramadan. He talks to the refugees and hears how they are spending the month of Ramadan in the camps. He hears how their experiences have impacted their attitudes to Islam and Buddhism.

It’s the rainy season. Bangladesh has shown remarkable generosity and compassion in accommodating these refugees but as the camps become intolerable in the rains adding to the scant resources Secunder talks to the host communities who are now themselves receiving foreign aid. Local people talk to Secunder and tell how their faith drives them to show hospitality and compassion.

We will hear stories of refugees but most importantly of how they are maintaining their faith. We’ll hear the sounds of the struggle of daily life in the camps and record worship at makeshift mosques, and schools hearing from the Imams like Nabir Hossein maintaining and preaching a faith in these horrendous conditions. All this against a backdrop of the threat of radicalisation from outside groups and growing numbers of young Rohingya girls given up for marriage.