S. M. Faizan Ahmed

Joined IDSA
December 2008
Expertise
Islam, Mass Violence, Masculinity, Sociology of Science, Education and Urban Sociology.
Education
He received his Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in 1999 from the Department of Sociology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. In 2001, he completed his Master of Arts in Sociology from the Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi with specialization in Sociology of Science, Gender Studies, South-West Asia, and Urban sociology.
Current Project
Terrorism, Mass violence and Muslim Politics.
Background
His previous works include research on Construction of identity and the process of mobilization in AMU, Aligarh; Partition violence in the Indian subcontinent; Masculinities in India; Evolution of public spaces in Delhi; Ethnography of cinema halls in Delhi; Students’ movement in AMU, Aligarh; Stereotypes and agents of dialogue on Islam(s) in Europe; Education among Indian Muslims; and Modernization of Madrasas in India.
During all his research engagements, he worked at/for several organizations e.g. Centre for Development Economics (CDE), Delhi; Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi; Sarai Research Programme of CSDS, Delhi; UNIFEM, Delhi; Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, Delhi; Institute of Socio-Economic Research on Development and Democracy (ISERDD), Delhi; Society for Social Research, New Delhi; Islamwissenschaft, Universität Erfurt (Chair of Islamic Studies, University of Erfurt), Germany; Agha Khan Foundation, New Delhi; and Zentrum Moderner Orient (Centre for Modern Oriental Studies), Berlin.
Select Publications
‘Terrorism, Ideology and Freedom’, Management Compass, Media Mates, New Delhi, January 2009.
Other Publications

Research Assistant
Email:-smfahmed[at]idsa[dot]in
Phone:-+91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Terrorism, ideology and misconceptions

Terrorism is at the forefront of international politics and is a major crisis of our age. Not found in pre-modern times, this phenomenon finds its root in ideological movements and not in religion. While referring to different forms of terrorism several scholars have suggested nihilism in modern times as the source of the problem. They view nihilism as a decline in values, or in other words, a tendency of ‘devaluing all values’.

Published: May 18, 2009
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