Did 'Shia virus' blame affect attitudes towards Pakistan's Shia Hazara minority?
Published on 12 March 2021 The spread of Covid-19 in Pakistan was largely blamed on Shia pilgrims returning from Iran, including Hazara Shias, after Iran announced its first Covid-19 deaths in February 2020. Last year, the IDS-led CREID programme published perspectives from the frontline on experiences of the Hazara community and also supported six local researchers to delve a little deeper into the impact of this on the attitudes of non-Shias of Quetta, Pakistan. Their findings are shared below and in a forthcoming blog mini-series. Vegetable market in Ha...
Source: ids.ac.uk