Fahad Ahmad
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Fahad Ahmad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University. Prior to joining Toronto Metropolitan University, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto. He obtained his PhD at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University. His doctoral research, supported by SSHRC and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, comparatively examined the securitization of Muslim civil society organizations under national security regimes in Canada and the U.K. He is currently preparing a book manuscript based on his dissertation.
Fahad is an interdisciplinary scholar interested in critical terrorism/radicalization studies; racialized practices of national security policing; civil society and resistance; and justice-oriented approaches to the study of philanthropy. His scholarship is informed by 15 years of work experience in community and nonprofit organizations in Canada and the U.S. He is currently working on the project, “Connecting the dots: Investigating institutional philanthropy’s entanglement with right-wing populism in Canada,” which is supported by grants from SSHRC IDG (where he is co-applicant) and the Faculty of Arts Democracy, Equity, and Justice Grant (where he is PI). He is also a collaborator on the SSHRC Partnership Development Grant project, “Justice philanthropy: An international research-to-practice network.” He is working on an edited book emerging from a conference funded by the SSHRC Connection Grant, "Critical reflections on security, 9/11 and the Canadian settler colony” (where he was co-applicant). He is the co-editor of the book series, Dimensions: Islam, Muslims, and Critical Thought (external link) , at University of Toronto Press. He is also a research affiliate at the Institute of Islamic Studies at University of Toronto where he advises on the Systemic Islamophobia Research Lab (external link) .
Education
University | Degree |
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Carleton University | PhD |
York University | MBA |
University of Wisconsin-Madison | MS |
Aligarh Muslim University | BS |
Journal Articles
- Ahmad, F. and A. Saifer. (2023). The Ideological work of philanthropic mythmaking: A study of post-pandemic disbursement quota reforms in Canada, Voluntas (online first)
- Ahmad, F, and J, Monaghan. (2022). Socializing the High Policing Métier: Exploring Counterterrorism Trainings for Frontline Workers. Surveillance & Society 20(3): 248-264 (external link, opens in new window)
- Ahmad, F. and A. Khadse. (2022). Community philanthropy as practice: A case of Thousand Currents, International Journal of Community Well Being (external link)
- Ahmad, F. and J. Monaghan. (2021). World of statues: The “war on terror,” memorialisation, and colonial violence, Critical Studies on Terrorism, 14(4), 484-489 (external link)
- Millett, K. and F. Ahmad. (2021). Echoes of Terror(ism): The mutability and contradictions of countering-violent extremism in Québec, Canadian Social Studies, 52(2), 52-67 (external link)
- Ahmad, F. and J. Monaghan. (2020). From probabilities to possibilities: Pre-emption, terrorism peace bonds, and the political practices of security. Crime, Law and Social Change, 74, 341-359 (external link)
- Venkatesh, V. and F. Ahmad. (2020). Rewriting India: The construction of the ‘Hindutva’ citizen in the Indian state. Third World Approaches to International Law Review: Reflections, 22, 1-11 (external link)
- Ahmad, F. and J. Monaghan. (2019). Mapping criminological engagements within radicalization studies. British Journal of Criminology, 59(6), 1288-1308 (external link)
- Abele, F., F. Ahmad and C. Grady. (2019). Power and politics: Financing the spirit and intent of Modern Treaties. Northern Public Affairs, 6(2), 27-33 (external link)
Book Chapters
- Ahmad, F. (Forthcoming). Counter-radicalization, Islamophobia, and the impact on Muslim civil society organizations. In A. Emon (ed.), Systemic Islamophobia Anthology, University of Toronto Press
- Ahmad, F. (2020). The securitization of Muslim civil society in Canada. In D. M. D. Silva & M. Deflem (eds.), Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization (pp. 115–133), Emerald Publishing Limited
Other Selected Publications
- Ahmad, F. and B. Nagra. (2023, 15 October). India’s accusation of ‘terrorism’ is a ploy to hide its own human rights abuses. The Conversation. (external link)
- Bahdi, R., Ahmad, F., Monaghan, J., and Abu-Laban, Y. (2023, 15 February). Emergencies act inquiry report should tackle the racist origins of national security. The Conversation. (external link)
- (PDF file) Pereira, R., L. Abokor, F. Ahmad and Abdikarim F. (2020). Unfunded: Black communities overlooked by Canadian philanthropy. Foundation for Black Communities. (external link)
- Ahmad, F. and T. Younis. (2020, 14 October). ‘Caliphate’ podcast and its fallout reveal the extent of Islamophobia. The Conversation. (external link)
- Bahdi, R. and F. Ahmad. (2020, 16 June). Why charging incels with terrorism may make matters worse. The Conversation. (external link)