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Maira Mirza

Maira is the Research and Communications Officer at Human Aid & Advocacy. She previously worked as the Campaigns Co-ordinator and Editor at Islam21c. And before this, she achieved an undergraduate and post-graduate degree in Psychology from UCL. Maira has been active in advocating on behalf of persecuted and oppressed communities through her voluntary work at Lighthouse Advocacy, as well as co-ordinating the Stand4Uyghurs campaign, wherein she supported in mobilising the community to defend Uyghur Muslims who are being persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party. She aspires to be a researcher, analysing the state of Muslims being persecuted or oppressed across the globe for their faith.

57 Articles

9 years of India's march towards Muslim genocide

10 years of India’s march towards Muslim genocide

6 Qid 44 ◦︎ 26 May 23 7 Min Read

On 26 May 2014, Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India. Today, we look at his steady drive towards ethnic cleansing of the country's Muslims.

India sparks global criticism after hosting G20 in occupied Kashmir

India sparks global criticism after hosting G20 in occupied Kashmir

5 Qid 44 ◦︎ 25 May 23 4 Min Read

India has been sharply criticised after hosting a G20 meeting in occupied Kashmir in a failed effort to mask its blood-stained occupation.

Far-right Hindutva nationalists fuelled Leicester violence, finds new evidence

Far-right Hindutva nationalists fuelled Leicester violence, finds new evidence

26 Shw 44 ◦︎ 16 May 23 6 Min Read

In light of new evidence, isn't it time the UK government started cracking down on the growing violent Hindutva ideology and its BJP-affiliated sympathisers?

Islamophobia report says Muslim states have failed the Uyghurs

Islamophobia report says Muslim states have failed Uyghurs

11 Shw 44 ◦︎ 1 May 23 6 Min Read

In a new paper, the Centre for Uyghur Studies has sharply criticised Muslim countries for alleged inaction in calling out the decades-long Uyghur genocide by China.

Macron joins cat and dog fight between US and China

Macron unwittingly joins cat and dog fight between US and China

24 Ram 44 ◦︎ 15 Apr 23 6 Min Read

The French president Emmanuel Macron has tried and failed to distance himself and Europe from the Second Cold War involving rival superpowers, China and the US.

Has al-Aqsa left our hearts?

Has al-Aqsa left our hearts?

14 Ram 44 ◦︎ 5 Apr 23 8 Min Read

In light of the continued Zionist desecration of al-Aqsa, Islam21c's Campaigns Co-ordinator offers a wake-up call for Muslims on how we should view the third-holiest site on Earth.

The workroom where some exiled Uyghur women engage in seamstressing and tailoring. Editorial credit: Maira Khan / Islam21c

International Women’s Day – honouring our Uyghur mothers and sisters

16 Sha 44 ◦︎ 8 Mar 23 14 Min Read

In part four of this series, Islam21c’s Campaigns Co-ordinator and Stand4Uyghurs lead recounts her March 2022 Istanbul trip, while marking International Women's Day.

As Chief Minister of Gujarat state, Narendra Modi was arguably instrumental in the killings of approximately 1,000 Muslims, in February of 2002.

Gujarat 2002 – revisiting India’s state-sponsored Muslim massacre

7 Sha 44 ◦︎ 27 Feb 23 5 Min Read

Today, we mark 21 years since the start of the devastating Gujarat Genocide of 2002, when 150,000 were displaced, and 2,000 mostly Muslim people were killed.

February 2020 Delhi Police torture and murder of Muslims: here’s what happened

Delhi Police murder of Muslims: these are the events of 23 February 2020

3 Sha 44 ◦︎ 23 Feb 23 7 Min Read

In February 2020, Delhi Police began facilitating or allowing the torture, displacement, or murder of around 2,000 Muslims, at the hands of Hindutva mobs.

Tale of a Uyghur mum who fled Chinese persecution in East Turkestan

1 Raj 44 ◦︎ 23 Jan 23 8 Min Read

In part three of a mini-series, Islam21c’s Campaigns Co-ordinator and Stand4Uyghurs lead recounts her Istanbul trip from March of 2022.