The Expert is a lecturer, political analyst and cultural commentator specialising in racial and religious hatred in the UK and South Asia.
- Blasphemy allegations, religious and ethnic minority persecution and human rights issues in South Asia
- Domestic abuse, honour crimes, violence against women and girls in Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities, LGBT+ persecution
- Sectarianism, shia and Christian persecution in South Asia
- Interfaith, community cohesion and social engagement
- Diaspora communities and ethnic tensions
- Counter-terrorism policies and Muslim minorities
- Islamophobia in the West and East (including India, China and Myanmar)
- Antisemitism in the UK, Europe and the USA
- Geopolitical trends and regional security in the Indian Subcontinent
- Islamist Movements, insurgencies and radicalisation in South Asia
The Expert has produced several independent and academic reports and consulting work for NGOs, governments, international organisations, academic working groups, and interfaith and minority advocacy groups. Their area of specialism broadly covers religious persecution, VAWG, honour crimes, racial and religious hatred, prejudice, stigma and violence. They are a global expert on religious abuses, cultures of violence against women, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Islamophobia, as well as sectarianism and communal violence, particularly in the Indian Subcontinent.
- ‘Mapping Muslim Moral Provinces: Framing Feminized Piety of Pakistani Diaspora,’ Religions, Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2021, 356.
- “Transnational Securitization of Identity: Distinctions between Securitization and ‘Othering’ of Shias in Bahrain and Pakistan,” co-authored with Dr Hasan Hafidh. Forthcoming, Global Discourse (Summer 2019).
- ‘Resurgence of Baluch Nationalism in Pakistan: How can it be explained?’ South Asia Journal, (Issue, 14 Autumn 2015).
- ‘The Role of Self-Esteem in Understanding Prejudice’ Chapter 15 Muslims in Britain and Europe, Volume1, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (May 2015).
- ‘Memory, Identity, and Extremism in the Ayodhya Dispute,’ E-IR, (April 2013).
- Muslim and Christian minorities in India, and wider South Asia region
- Muslims and Jews in the UK and Europe