Region: Asia

6SHARES6 The faith-based killing of Shias spiked in Pakistan amidst a vile hate campaign against the community in Muharram this year. Four men were gunned…

Saneha Kinza Iqbal is a 16-year-old Christian girl who was abducted last month by a Muslim man nearly twice her age in Pakistan. Below is…

Members of the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) identified a spike in online hate speech towards Pakistan's Ahmadiyya community in April…

Qaiser Abbas, who was killed during a sectarian attack in Kohat A spectre of faith-based persecution unfolds as the Shia community in Pakistan mourns the…

Empress Market, Karachi (33SHARES33) The lockdown imposed by the Government of Sindh during COVID-19 had a negative impact on the financial state of the region.…

Asad Gokal 185SHARES185 Persecution of the Shia community in Pakistan is a well known fact. At the onset of Muharram, the community was to face…

Rana Adnan 18SHARES18 Christian philanthropists, social workers, and community activists contributed their time, resources, and efforts to reach out to people in need during COVID-19.…

Besides battling the pandemic, the Shia community in Pakistan has been witnessing the resurgence of an intense anti-Shia sentiment during the past few months. March:…

13SHARES13 The Government of Pakistan provided COVID-19 relief funds to the low-income groups, however, a sizeable share of religious minorities was ignored in this drive.…

2SHARES2 Christian men and women working at the lowest ranks like janitors, cleaners, sweepers, and sanitation workers were most at risk of getting infected with…

This Working Paper by Mariz Tadros endeavours to make visible the targeting of poor women from religious minorities in contexts where society and/or the state…

Researching the history and culture of the Shan, the largest ethnic minority group in Myanmar, is possible in UK and US libraries where small well…