Post author: Jaffer Mirza

Jaffer A. Mirza is a researcher and columnist. He tweets at @jafferamirza.

Publication Using Participatory Methods to Explore Freedom of Religion and Belief: Whose Reality Counts?

Examining countries where religious pluralism is in decline, including Iraq, India, Pakistan and Nigeria, this book brings together reflections, knowledge and learning about the daily…

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Impact Story
Mohsin’s story: grassroots activist from poor Christian quarter in Islamabad now writes for major media outlets in Pakistan

Mohsin is a resident of 66 Quarter, a Christian neighbourhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. He comes from a socioeconomically disadvantaged background. He has been a grassroots…

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Working Paper
Responsiveness to religious inequalities in contexts of displacement: evidence from providers of humanitarian assistance to Shi’a Hazara refugees from Afghanistan in Pakistan

This CREID Working Paper, by Jennifer P. Eggert, Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer A. Mirza, discusses inequalities caused or exacerbated by religious diversity in displacement and…

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Analysis
Refugee support in Pakistan lacks responsiveness to religious inequalities

It’s almost been a year since the Taliban swiftly regained power in Afghanistan, which led to a new exodus of refugees, many of whom sought…

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Event July 5, 2022
Pluralistic and inclusive interfaith approaches to building communities

Join CREID partners, Al-Khoei Foundation, to hear about experience from its Iraq and UK programmes on taking a pluralistic and inclusive approach to building community…

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Analysis From Afghanistan to Pakistan, the never-ending ordeals of Shi’a Hazaras

Researchers Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer Mirza speak to Shia Hazara Afghan refugees who are living in fear and hiding in Pakistan. ‘There were so many…

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Analysis Scared and hiding: Shi’a Hazaras of Afghanistan fear renewed Taliban persecution

With a long history of persecution and the Taliban’s particular brand of hatred and ruthless violence towards them in previous years, Shi’a Hazaras in Afghanistan…

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Analysis
Vaccine scepticism among religious minorities: Pakistan must adopt a bottom-up approach

In this analysis, Aroon Arthur, Jaffer A. Mirza and Mohsin Ilyas share findings from interviews in Islamabad/Rawalpindi and Lahore in which they find an alarming…

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Publication
Religious Marginality, Covid-19, and Redress of Targeting and Inequalities

This article by Mariz Tadros, Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer Mirza, interrogates whether we should consider ‘religious marginality’ as a qualifier much like the exploration of…

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Policy Brief
A Multi-Layered Minority: Hazara Shia Women in Pakistan

Shia account for approximately 10–15 per cent of the Muslim population in Pakistan, which has a largely Sunni Muslim population. Anti-Shia violence, led by extremist…

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Publication
The Multi-Layered Minority: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Class and Religious-Ethnic Affiliation in the Marginalisation of Hazara Women in Pakistan

The Shia Hazaras in Pakistan are one of the most persecuted religious minorities. According to a 2019 report produced by the National Commission for Human…

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Report
Violence and Discrimination against Women of Religious Minority Backgrounds in Pakistan

The theme of this special collection of papers, the lived experiences of women who belong to religious minorities, has been a blind spot both in…

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