USCIRF Spotlight Podcast

Recent Episodes

Hazara Community Threatened in Afghanistan

Posted September 17, 2021 • 453292:26:47

When Afghanistan was under Taliban control in 1996-2001, the Taliban discriminated against and violently persecuted the Hazara Shi’a community—which...

Islam in Africa

Posted September 10, 2021 • 00:17:30

Islam plays a significant role in Africa’s past and present, with at least 500 million Muslims living in Africa today. While many Muslims in Africa...

Religion, Law and Citizenship in Assam, India

Posted September 2, 2021 • 00:14:42

For the past two years, USCIRF has recommended that India be designated a Country of Particular of Concern (CPC) by the State Department due...

Fourth Anniversary of the Rohingya Genocide

Posted August 25, 2021 • 00:17:11

On August 25, 2017, the Burmese military, known as the Tatmadaw, launched a genocidal campaign in Rakhine State against the largely Muslim Rohingya...

The Impact of Majoritarianism on Religious Minorities in South Asia

Posted August 19, 2021 • 00:23:06

We have seen a significant deterioration in religious freedom conditions in South Asia in recent years. Blasphemy cases, forced conversions,...